Design and Experiment of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Twilight Zone Surveying

摘要

Under the premise of achieving autonomous navigation, communication, control and other functions, the micro Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) could survey the large-scale oceans independently by carrying various sensors for a few hours in different depths. Firstly, this paper conducts a detailed review on the current development of AUV for twilight zone surveying in the world. Then, the detailed structures of the AUV system for twilight zone surveying and the process are introduced. Finally, the system functions and main specifications are verified by the designed experiments. The results show that the designed micro AUV could implement the twilight zone data acquisition in wide range autonomously and continuously when it compared with the traditional surveying methods of sensors carried or assisted by divers.