Developments in Odyssey II Class Auvs for the Goats 2000 Joint Research Project

摘要

This paper describes the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles deployed in GOATS 2000 bythe MIT AUV Lab. Two Odyssey llc class AUVs were brought to the experiment. Xanthos, the primary vehicle served as the platform for the acoustic acquisition system and Borealis was equipped to serve as an acoustic source. These vehicles incorporate significant improvements over the Odyssey llb version used in GOATS '98 and are discussed in some detail.