TY - GEN
T1 - Development of an underwater glider for virtual mooring and its buoyancy engine
AU - Asakawa, Kenichi
AU - Hyakudome, Tadahiro
AU - Ishihara, Yasuhisa
AU - Nakamura, Masahiko
PY - 2015/5/14
Y1 - 2015/5/14
N2 - This paper describes the present status of the development of the underwater glider for virtual mooring. It will be able to stay in a designated area for more than one year, moving between the sea surface and the seafloor up to 2,100 m in depth, and monitor the sea environment. It will be able to sleep on the seafloor or while drifting in water to extend the monitoring duration. The first sea-test was conducted in March 2012. In 2013, a new small buoyancy engine was developed and then substituted for the existing one. In recent sea-tests, we evaluated its pitching and heading control performance.
AB - This paper describes the present status of the development of the underwater glider for virtual mooring. It will be able to stay in a designated area for more than one year, moving between the sea surface and the seafloor up to 2,100 m in depth, and monitor the sea environment. It will be able to sleep on the seafloor or while drifting in water to extend the monitoring duration. The first sea-test was conducted in March 2012. In 2013, a new small buoyancy engine was developed and then substituted for the existing one. In recent sea-tests, we evaluated its pitching and heading control performance.
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U2 - 10.1109/UT.2015.7108263
DO - 10.1109/UT.2015.7108263
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84934325957
T3 - 2015 IEEE Underwater Technology, UT 2015
BT - 2015 IEEE Underwater Technology, UT 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2015 IEEE Underwater Technology, UT 2015
Y2 - 23 February 2015 through 25 February 2015
ER -