Sea Technology

DEC 2012

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Using autonomous the BlueView imaging sonar waypoint navigamounted on an elevator astion, also developed sembly on the USV. by SeaRobotics, and With the sonar deployed precision station below the hulls, the acoustic keeping, the USV imagery is processed to locate transits to the inthe VideoRay AUV carrying tended site, deploys the neutralization charge and the ROV and allows the mine, and provide correcvisual inspection by tive navigation feedback to an operator located the AUV through the acoustic The autonomous mine neutralization at a safe distance modem, guiding it to the mine system developed for NATO's Unwith minimal human without human supervision. dersea Research Centre that is built supervision. This is around the USV-2600. crucial for inspectSediment Sampling Support ing potential UXOs Complementing sensorfound during a typical survey. based data acquisition, a The SeaRobotics' 11-meter catamaran USV Once located, mines and UXOs must be water-sampling system, gas delivered in Florida. effectively neutralized. NATO's Undersea Reand oil hydrate samplers, and search Centre in La Spezia, Italy, has develvarious coring techniques oped an autonomous mine neutralization sysused in support of deepwater tem built around the USV-2600. infaunal and sediment samThis system incorporates a VideoRay (Phoepling can be deployed from nixville, Pennsylvania) ROV, batteries, acoustic larger USV platforms. modem, BlueView Technologies Inc. (Seattle, SeaRobotics' box coring Washington) imaging sonar, a neutralization charge and system was deployed in November at a depth of 1,700 mehigh-level autonomy software. ters in the Eastern Mediterranean, performing infaunal and The VideoRay ROV, turned AUV, was modifed by resediment sampling on a traditional work-class ROV deploymoving its tether and adding an acoustic modem and batment for CSA International. tery. The VideoRay AUV is launched from the USV and A storage rack assembly and three box coring systems guided to the site of the mine by utilizing feedback from were integrated and deployed with the ROV's manipulator. HIGH PRESSURE SOLUTIONS [ FOR OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS ] We can fill your needs. BAUER manufactures high pressure air and gas compressors, boosters and nitrogen generators for motion compensation, breathing air, BOP and other applications. When you think of quality...THINK BAUER. More information under www.bauercomp.com VISIT OUR BOOTH#422! H25-D 28 st / DECEMBER 2012 www.sea-technology.com

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