Development and sea trial of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle equipped with a sub-bottom profiler for surveying mineral resources

摘要

In recent years, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) has received much attention as a tool of ocean survey. One of the method for the efficient of hydrothermal deposits investigation is multiple vehicle operation of AUVs. The aim of our work is to development the small and inexpensive AUV and operate together with other AUVs. This paper introduce the first AUV in our project, and show the result for the sea trial of the AUV.