Future underwater missions will require data transmission via satellite, In particular, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in experimenting with communications using the GOES satellite system, which is government owned. Unfortunately, communication antennas must point to specific satellites in this system and thus underwater vehicles must steer a specific course on the surface during the communication process, While surfaced, underwater vehicles are subject to wind and wave disturbances and it has been suggested that control using differential thrust from propellers may provide advantages, This thesis covers efforts to create and test such a steering autopilot based on the use of the ARIES AUV and differing the voltage supplied to each propeller, It is planned to use the ARIES in an ocean experiment to test this satellite communication capability, This control is embedded in the control of ARIES during extended pop up maneuvers for GPS navigational fixes, When surfaced, not only are navigational fixes obtained, but also data packets are communicated to a command center.
Autopilot Using Differential Thrust for ARIES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
2003
61 pages
Report
No indication
English
Marine Engineering , Underwater vehicles , Satellite communications , Water waves , Data transmission systems , Wind , Theses , Control centers , Global positioning system , Command and control systems , Communication satellites , Thrust , Military satellites , Propellers , Differential thrust , Steering autopilot , Aries autonomous underwater vehicle , Goes satellites , Goes(Geostationary orbiting environmental satellite) , Aries auv , Auv(Autonomous underwater vehicle) , Data packets
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