Testing and Characterization of a Fixed Wing Cross-Domain Unmanned Vehicle Operating in Aerial and Underwater Environments

Weisler, Warren; Stewart, William; Anderson, Mark; Peters, Kara; Gopalarathnam, Ashok; Bryant, Matthew

doi:10.1109/joe.2017.2742798

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“…Another significant development in underwater/aerial hybrid vehicles was the EagleRay platform [15]. EagleRay also uses shared motor and propeller with a gearbox that provides different underwater and aerial motor speeds and torques.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hardware 1) Propulsion System: The critical mission mode when designing the propulsion system for an aquatic UAV is the transition from underwater into flight. Existing aquatic UAVs dive out of the water either dynamically by accelerating underwater and jumping out of the water [10,11] or statically by vertically taking off from the water surface [1,4,15]. Those two strategies are reflected in the different propulsion designs.…”

Section: B Design Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dipper: A Dynamically Transitioning Aerial-Aquatic Unmanned Vehicle

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Jeger

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Robotics: Science and Systems XVII

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: B Design Principlesmentioning

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Dipper: A Dynamically Transitioning Aerial-Aquatic Unmanned Vehicle

Rockenbauer

Jeger

Beltran

et al. 2021

Robotics: Science and Systems XVII

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“…Multimodal or cross-domain systems are continuously being developed and used for both land-and marine-based missions. For instance, Weisler et al [93] (2017) have developed a cross-domain fixed-wing drone that can fly over ocean areas for visual surveys, and then land in the water and dive below the surface to conduct submerged observations. An advanced system such as this has the potential to collect a variety of human and oceanic data in one flight.…”

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confidence: 99%

Blue Water Visitor Monitoring Potential: A Literature Review and Alternative Proposal

Andrew

Burns

Schwarzmann

et al. 2021

Water

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This review presents a summary of existing visitor monitoring methods and relevant studies in land and marine-based areas, with a focus on the application to unique aquatic settings. Various opportunities and challenges exist with respect to the use of each method in different marine settings. These methods differ in terms of the complexity, costs, level of accuracy, and detailed information they provide. Furthermore, the feasibility of applying these methods also depends on the site attributes of a marine area. Since each marine area varies in geographical scale and environmental and social conditions, some methods will be more appropriate or perform more successfully than others in a particular location. Therefore, the consideration of these methods should be part of a proposed alternative process, focused on adaptive monitoring that scales to address visitor ebbs and flows in these aquatic areas. The proposed alternative seeks to develop consensus around quantitative goals for visitor monitoring and estimating techniques in marine settings, using a customizable mix of methods and techniques. This alternative effort progresses to subsequent tasks and discussions, and recommendations are made considering the feasibility and confidence of using these methods in particular marine settings and future pilot sites.

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“…Many unmanned vehicles are already semi-modular with the ability to add sections for more payload. In the future, some of them may also be multi-domain (ONR, 2018;Weisler et al, 2018) and autoreconfigurable, depending on the task autonomously selected or manually assigned.…”

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Future Vision for Autonomous Ocean Observations

Whitt¹,

Pearlman²,

Polagye

et al. 2020

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Whitt et al. Future of Autonomous Ocean Observations reductions. Cost reductions could enable order-of-magnitude increases in platform operations and increase sampling resolution for a given level of investment. Energy harvesting technologies should be integral to the system design, for sensors, platforms, vehicles, and docking stations. Connections are needed between the marine energy and ocean observing communities to coordinate among funding sources, researchers, and end users. Regional teams should work with global organizations such as IOC/GOOS in governance development. International networks such as emerging glider operations (EGO) should also provide a forum for addressing governance. Networks of multiple vehicles can improve operational efficiencies and transform operational patterns. There is a need to develop operational architectures at regional and global scales to provide a backbone for active networking of autonomous platforms.

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Testing and Characterization of a Fixed Wing Cross-Domain Unmanned Vehicle Operating in Aerial and Underwater Environments

Cited by 97 publications

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Dipper: A Dynamically Transitioning Aerial-Aquatic Unmanned Vehicle

Dipper: A Dynamically Transitioning Aerial-Aquatic Unmanned Vehicle

Blue Water Visitor Monitoring Potential: A Literature Review and Alternative Proposal

Future Vision for Autonomous Ocean Observations

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