Smart Limbed Vehicles for Naval Applications. Part II. Relevant Technologies and Performance Evaluation. Interim Report on Research Work on Smart Vehicle Concepts for Military Use on the Ocean Surface

摘要

Research work in smart, unmanned water-traversing limbed vehicles for naval warfare applications is reported. The areas covered include prime movers, power transformers and actuators, structural considerations, physical control, joint servo-control, motion control, visual data and the ocean surface, smartness, and vehicle characterization. (ERA citation 03:004669)