Development of the REMUS 600 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Reconfigurable propulsion systems for the inspection of off-shore power generation plants

“…Many existing AUVs adopt similar combinations of fixed pitch rear propellers and lateral tunnel thrusters in order to obtain a good vehicle maneuverability. It is possible to cite many examples, such as C-Scout [9], Remus [10], Proteus [11], Delphin2 [12] and Folaga [13].…”

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles as Tools for Deep-Submergence Archaeology

“…These vehicles will also see more roll and pitch coupling during manoeuvres and have a harder time adjusting to maintain a constant altitude over length scales of tens of metres. Some of these vehicles, however, have been fitted with forward fins and ducted lateral thrusters to improve their stability for SAS applications [57] and use in complex harbour environments. The forward fins and thrusters aid in track-line following by allowing the vehicle to fly lines without crabbing in a cross-current and also to reduce the minimum steerage speed, resulting in denser sampling with fixed-rate sensors.…”

Multi-layered vehicle control via payload autonomy

“…An increasing number of vehicle platforms offer an external control interface for payload control [12], [13], [14], [15], and as customers request more access to and capabilities from the base vehicle, the methods of interfacing with them will have to be both more flexible and more robust to take full advantage of the potential they offer. This is especially true as development moves into higher levels of cognition and reasoning such as goal-based autonomy [16]; developers should be able to use as many existing capabilities as possible to minimize the additional work required.…”