Development of an Underwater Vehicle that Has Functions of Acquisition and Tracking Target Objects Using Images Acquired by Itself

摘要

ROVs are often used to underwater observation and research mission.However, the operation of conventional ROVs under disturbances suchas wave and current conditions are often problem. If the target object ismoving by disturbances, the operation will not be able to continue.Therefore, we are aiming at realization of smart and secure in situoperations onboard. Especially, objective of our project is maintenanceexamination for swinging mooring facility of GPS buoys by ourdeveloped underwater vehicle. The buoys were deployed for surveyhydrographic phenomena. Our key methods for semi-autonomousunderwater vehicle are optical navigation technology and smartoperational interface.