Development of a New Long Duration Solar Powered Autonomous Surface Vehicle

Higinbotham, John; Kitchener, P.G.; Moisan, John R.

doi:10.1109/oceans.2006.306874

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“…Higinbotham et al [146,147] introduce the development of a new long-duration solar-powered USV known as the Ocean-Atmosphere Sensor Integration System (OASIS). The platform intends to function as a low-cost, long-duration, reusable, navigable, open maritime platform focusing on the collection of measurements at the ocean-atmosphere boundary layer.…”

Section: Use Of Usvs In Environmental Disasters With Contaminantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Survey on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Disaster Robotics: Main Challenges and Directions

Jorge

Granada

Maidana

et al. 2019

Sensors

142

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Disaster robotics has become a research area in its own right, with several reported cases of successful robot deployment in actual disaster scenarios. Most of these disaster deployments use aerial, ground, or underwater robotic platforms. However, the research involving autonomous boats or Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) for Disaster Management (DM) is currently spread across several publications, with varying degrees of depth, and focusing on more than one unmanned vehicle—usually under the umbrella of Unmanned Marine Vessels (UMV). Therefore, the current importance of USVs for the DM process in its different phases is not clear. This paper presents the first comprehensive survey about the applications and roles of USVs for DM, as far as we know. This work demonstrates that there are few current deployments in disaster scenarios, with most of the research in the area focusing on the technological aspects of USV hardware and software, such as Guidance Navigation and Control, and not focusing on their actual importance for DM. Finally, to guide future research, this paper also summarizes our own contributions, the lessons learned, guidelines, and research gaps.

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Section: Use Of Usvs In Environmental Disasters With Contaminantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Survey on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Disaster Robotics: Main Challenges and Directions

Jorge

Granada

Maidana

et al. 2019

Sensors

142

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“…The prototype of an autonomous surface vehicle which utilizes solar energy to check the ocean physical parameters such as temperature, wind speed and salinity of the water is designed [147]. Another, solar powered underwater vehicle which has an intelligent navigation system to measure the physical and chemical parameters of water is developed [148].…”

Section: Studies Of Solar Powered Autonomous Vehicles/robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration of solar energy in electrical, hybrid, autonomous vehicles: a technological review

2019

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Conventional energy resources are depleting very fast and to meet the global energy demand, the scarcity of these resources is the most crucial factor in the present era. One of the major contributors to carbon emissions is transportation sector which survives mostly on conventional energy resources. In the Indian context, the transportation sector contributes about 18% of CO 2 emissions of total emissions. To decarbonize this sector, the vehicles utilizing renewable resources such as solar PV technology would be a sustainable step. Solar energy which is abundant in nature and present everywhere can prove to be a great alternative to conventional resources. In the present study, solar PV technology is integrated with electric and hybrid vehicles. Additional literature review of solar electric vehicles including three-wheeled as well as four-wheeled is carried out. Autonomous vehicles and robots utilizing PV technology are also studied and presented. Finally, the foremost barriers and challenges to adopting PV technology in electric and autonomous vehicles are identified and presented.

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“…The Ocean Atmosphere Sensor Integration System (OASIS) was introduced in refs. [43,44]. The OASIS is a long duration solar-powered ASV developed for open ocean observation.…”

Section: Renewable Energy-powered Marine Robotsmentioning

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Renewable Energy for Robots and Robots for Renewable Energy – A Review

Hassan¹,

Habrouk²,

Deghedie³

2019

Robotica

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SUMMARY Fossil fuel sources are well suited to fulfill the energy needs of human beings. Unfortunately, there are some limitations and disadvantages pertaining to fossil fuels, some of which are drastic. The main issues are: firstly, there is a finite supply of these fuels, eventually this supply will be exhausted; secondly, burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming, leading to disastrous consequences for the environment and the health of humans. Switching to renewable energy sources is the viable solution to the aforementioned issues. Robots bring numerous benefits in a wide variety of applications. Introducing robots to production environments and other applications results in a remarkable improvement in terms of productivity and efficiency. In this paper, the integration between robots and renewable energy sources is discussed. In other words, two main points are investigated: (1) how can renewable energy be a viable source of energy for robots and (2) how can the renewable energy industry benefit from utilizing robots in the execution of renewable energy-related tasks. Some of the recent developments concerning the integration between robots and renewable energy are reviewed. In addition, more opportunities and expected advancements are also discussed.

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Development of a New Long Duration Solar Powered Autonomous Surface Vehicle

Cited by 14 publications

References 3 publications

A Survey on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Disaster Robotics: Main Challenges and Directions

A Survey on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Disaster Robotics: Main Challenges and Directions

Integration of solar energy in electrical, hybrid, autonomous vehicles: a technological review

Renewable Energy for Robots and Robots for Renewable Energy – A Review

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