Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

By: Andrew Pipes

Outline
Ocean Discovery History of AUV Use of the AUV Future Applications

Ocean Discovery
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue Cartographers and explorers were the first to map the vast oceans of the earth The Navy was soon interested in understanding the ocean in deeper terms

The ocean takes up the largest surface area of the earth, thus making it difficult to explore

History of the AUV

First AUV may have packed a bigger punch than our modern day vehicles
Robert Whitehead created the first AUV while in search for the torpedo in 1866

In the late 50s the first true AUV was created

Stan Murphy, Bob Francois and Terry Ewart developed SPURV
(self propelled underwater research vehicle)

Throughout the 60s and 70s the AUVs advanced greatly through technology
There is a shift towards understanding the predictability of ocean activity

History (cont.)
REMUS: There are currently over 50 vehicles in operation with over 20 different configurations Odyssey-Class of AUV is the new generation in ocean exploration
AUV is made to:
Dock Recharge Download Data Send Messages

Use of the AUV

Search and Recovery of Government Property Prediction of Waves and Currents Readings for depth, salinity, pressure and temperature Pictures of visual light, bioluminescence Discovery of never seen before species and footage

Future Applications
The future of the AUV is open to a wide variety of possible models, applications, configurations and uses. NeMos applicationNeMo can be contacted via satellite and sent to active underwater volcanic activity in a timely manner