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<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
David M Lane<br />
Professor of Au<strong>to</strong>nomous Systems Engineering<br />
Ocean Systems Labora<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK<br />
http://osl.eps.hw.ac.uk/<br />
Chief Executive<br />
SeeByte Ltd / Inc<br />
Edinburgh, San Diego<br />
http://www.seebyte.com<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
The 2009 D. Richard Blidberg Caption Competition<br />
Hey, who s<strong>to</strong>le <strong>the</strong><br />
joystick for my AUV?<br />
So, if I twist here, <strong>the</strong><br />
AUV goes faster, right?<br />
Man, that feels GOOD!<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
The 1980s: Imagination and Early Technology De-Risking<br />
Event<br />
Achievement<br />
1981 HWU Rover Free Swimming Vehicle (FSV) •First UK AUV (Holms, Dunbar, Russell)<br />
•AUV Garaged by ROV for Oilfield Inspection<br />
1985 SERC/Industry Au<strong>to</strong>mation of Subsea<br />
Tasks Managed Programmes Phases I-III<br />
Heriot-Watt University<br />
University of Strathclyde<br />
Newcastle University<br />
University of Southamp<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Cranfield University<br />
University College, London<br />
•Image compression - motion compensated adaptive hybrid<br />
coding chosen (now mpeg ..) (Wells)<br />
•DPSK acoustic communications Identified (Dunbar,<br />
Roberts)<br />
•Multipath echo cancellation using adaptive tapped delay<br />
line (transversal filter) (Dunbar, Roberts)<br />
•Distributed blackboard architecture (Lane,Russell)<br />
•Forward look sonar au<strong>to</strong>matic target recognition (ATR)<br />
(Lane, Russell)<br />
•Video ATR using colour processing (Berry, Russell)<br />
•Kalman navigation with noise bias, time varying sampling.<br />
non-linear & time varying UUUV dynamics (Bugge, Russell)<br />
1988 IOS AUTOSUB Programme Commences •Design spiral and technology investigations for marine<br />
science AUVs (Collar et al))<br />
1989 DTI EUREKA EU191 Au<strong>to</strong>nomous<br />
Underwater Vehicle<br />
•Analysis of alternatives for offshore long endurance survey<br />
AUV (Hedge et al)<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
1970s: In The Beginning……<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
1980s: Heriot-Watt ROVER FSV (Free Swimming Vehicle)<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
1980s: Layered Architecture Using Distributed<br />
Blackboards<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
The 1990s: From Testbed Concepts <strong>to</strong> In Water Demonstra<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
Event<br />
Achievement<br />
1991 IOS Au<strong>to</strong>sub AUV Build & Operate First UK operational AUV for marine science<br />
199X GEC Marconi Marlin AUV Military Demonstra<strong>to</strong>r arises out of DTI Wealth from <strong>the</strong> Oceans<br />
1991- EPSRC Technology for Unmanned<br />
Underwater Vehicles Managed Prog<br />
rammes I, II<br />
HWU, Liverpool, Essex, Strathclyde,<br />
Newcastle, Southamp<strong>to</strong>n, Cranfield,<br />
Univerisiy College London, Rockwater,<br />
Slingsby Engineering, Osprey,<br />
•Adaptive Hybrid Position-Force Control of Manipula<strong>to</strong>rs (Lane<br />
Dunnigan)<br />
•Workspace Sensing Using Sonar-Video Fusion (Reid, Chantler)<br />
•Hardware in <strong>the</strong> Loop Architectures (Essex)<br />
•Fractal Texture Analysis & ATR in Sidescan Sonar (Linnett, Clark)<br />
•New DC Mo<strong>to</strong>r design for all electric workclass UUV (Suliman)<br />
•DPSK Acoustic Modem Development (Hin<strong>to</strong>n)<br />
1992 EPSRC CLASS Project Forward Look Sonar ATR Using Qualitative Feature Matching and<br />
Temporal Feature Measures (Lane, Chantler)<br />
1993 AMADEUS EU Project HW, U Genoa Dexterous underwater grasping, Dual arm collaboration<br />
1994 UNION EU Project IFREMER, Oxford,<br />
INRIA, HW, Montpelier, UGIrona<br />
1994 SWIMMER EU Project Liverpool,<br />
Cybernetix, IFREMER<br />
De-risking demonstrations of video visual servoing, coupled<br />
ROV/manipula<strong>to</strong>r control, SLAM navigation,from sonar,<br />
Demo Hybrid AUV-ROV docking & intervention for <strong>the</strong> oilfield<br />
1995 MAROBOT Special Interest Group UK lead SIG pulls <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r leading EU researchers<br />
1997 EPSRC Flexible Appendages for<br />
Positioning & Stabilisation (FLAPS)<br />
1998 ARAMIS EU Project Tecnomare,HW,<br />
IFREMER, IMBC,<br />
Biomimetic dorsal and caudal fish like propulsors using continuum<br />
actua<strong>to</strong>rs (elephants trunk)<br />
Demo Benthic science <strong>to</strong>olskid makes ROV in<strong>to</strong> AUV. First in water<br />
obstacle avoidance demos.<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
IOS SOC NOC : DOLPHIN Concept 1989 & Reality 1999<br />
Orbcomm Satcomm link with data and GPS positions <strong>to</strong> mobile phone (in a pub).<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
DOGGIE Concept 1989 & Reality 2009<br />
UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC)<br />
Au<strong>to</strong>sub6000 geophysical AUV with depth<br />
rating <strong>to</strong> 6000m and 30-400km range.<br />
Precision INS and DVL aiding, with terrain<br />
con<strong>to</strong>ur matching provides near GPS<br />
accuracy over 24hr submerged.<br />
Survey, ~4800m off Canary Islands 2008, scour due <strong>to</strong> submarine landslides.<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Au<strong>to</strong>sub Polar Vision 1989 & Reality 2009<br />
UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC):<br />
100 km<br />
Six missions<br />
under ice shelf<br />
>500km in all<br />
January 2009<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Au<strong>to</strong>sub – Operational Realities ....<br />
Ploughing a furrow in <strong>the</strong><br />
UK SW Approaches, 2004<br />
Up and Away -<br />
at London’s Science<br />
Museum<br />
Temporary loss under an<br />
overhanging cliff, Strait of Sicily,<br />
2000<br />
Au<strong>to</strong>sub2’s last<br />
mission - beneath<br />
<strong>the</strong> Fimbul Ice Shelf,<br />
2005<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
1990s: ALIVE and SWIMMER – Pro<strong>to</strong>type AUV Intervention for <strong>the</strong> Oilfield<br />
Cybernetix, IFREMER, Univ Liverpool, Heriot-Watt Univ, EU JRC,<br />
Sonar & Video Localisation and Docking. Hardware in <strong>the</strong> Loop System Integration & Test<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
1990s: Continuum Actua<strong>to</strong>rs For Dexterous Manipulation & Biomimetic Propulsion<br />
HWU, Univ Genoa, IAN, Univ Barcelona, IMBC, U Galway,<br />
Force/slip control. Blind grasping. Collaborating Arms<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
The Journalistic View – Sunday Telegraph 1998<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
1990s: SLAM Navigation, Obstacle Avoidance, Video Processing<br />
Univ Oxford, Univ Liverpool, HWU, Cranfield, DERA<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
1990s: Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping - Data Association is Key<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
The 2000s: R&D Fuels Operational & Commercial Reality At Pace I<br />
Event<br />
Achievement<br />
2000 AUV legal regime summarised First consideration of legal implications from AUV operation (Brown,<br />
Gaskill, SUT)<br />
2002 SeeByte Ltd & Inc established SeeTrack platform becomes de-fac<strong>to</strong> US Navy <strong>to</strong>ol for post mission<br />
analysis and vehicle DP in AUV MCM, port & harbour security.<br />
2003 EU Alive and Au<strong>to</strong>tracker projects Demo AUV docking, intervention, pipeline inspection for <strong>the</strong> oilfield<br />
2003 Subsea7 Geosub trialled Au<strong>to</strong>sub commercialised for offshore survey. Sets world record AUV<br />
pipeline inspection<br />
2003 EU AMASON & EXOCET projects Vehicle independent suite of advanced sonar, video and navigation<br />
data analysis <strong>to</strong>ols for marine science<br />
2004 MoD BAUUV programme Demo AUV monofilament net obstacle detection and avoidance<br />
(Evans et al)<br />
2004 Biosonar development Dolphin inspired adaptive broadband multi-chirp sonar devt leads <strong>to</strong><br />
improved ATR for undersea cable inspection and MCM (Capus et al)<br />
2007 PAIV Joint Industry Projects Commercial deepwater hovering AUV for oilfield inspection,<br />
maintenance demo-ed (BP, Chevron, S7, SeeByte)<br />
2007 WFS Ltd established First commercially available through water E/M comms systems<br />
2007 Go Science Ltd established New generation of ring wing UUVs commercially available<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
The 2000s: R&D Fuels Operational & Commercial Reality At Pace II<br />
Event<br />
Achievement<br />
200X Syn<strong>the</strong>tic Aperture Sonar devt Commercial units available from Qinetiq and Thales UK.<br />
2007 BAe Talisman vehicles trialed Garage AUV for deployment of multiple lit<strong>to</strong>ral AUVs commercial<br />
2007 SAUCE student AUV competition Pan European participation, UK MoD/EPSRC.DGA support<br />
2007 Freesubnet EU network UK leadership of broad pan European collaboration on outstanding<br />
AUV challenges' (docking. manipulation, navigation et al)<br />
2008 SeeTrack enabled Smart ROV AUV dynamic positioning, visual servoing, mission planning available<br />
as bolt on <strong>to</strong> industry wide ‘dumb iron’ te<strong>the</strong>red vehicles (SeeByte)<br />
2008 MoD SEAS DTC and EU GREX In water demonstrations of au<strong>to</strong>nomous multi-vehicle collaboration<br />
and goal based mission re-planning on <strong>the</strong> fly using service oriented<br />
architecture<br />
2009 ETI Condition Based<br />
Maintenance project<br />
Holistic diagnostics and condition based maintenance developed for<br />
AUVs transitions <strong>to</strong> offshore wind farms (E.ON, EDF, Insensys et al)<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
The BAe Stable: Torpedoes <strong>to</strong> Marlin, Archerfish, Talisman, Talisman Lit<strong>to</strong>ral<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Undersea Gliders in <strong>the</strong> UK 2009<br />
10 gliders in fleet or or order:<br />
6 Slocum (4 deep at NOCS, 2 shallow at POL)<br />
1 SeaGlider at SAMS<br />
3 SeaGliders at UEA<br />
NOCS Fleet<br />
600 glider days at<br />
sea since 2006<br />
Over 15000km<br />
travelled<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
UK - What next? LR AUV in design<br />
Parameter Target specification<br />
Range/ 6000 km & 6 months<br />
Endurance<br />
Max depth 6000 m<br />
Speed 0.4-1.4 ms -1<br />
Hotel load 1W<br />
Length/ 3m & 500 litres<br />
Volume Operating<br />
modes<br />
Profiling, terrain following or<br />
constant depth<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Subsea7 Au<strong>to</strong>nomous Inspection Vehicle: Operational AUV for <strong>the</strong> Oilfield<br />
Au<strong>to</strong>nomous inspection of<br />
risers, pipelines, manifolds,<br />
wells<br />
Deepwater<br />
Garage deploy from FPSO or<br />
cheap vessel (limited DP)<br />
Reduce time and cost<br />
Increase no. of inspections<br />
Fewer breakdowns, less<br />
intervention.<br />
More oil pumped. Cheaper<br />
O&M<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Commercial Pipeline Inspection Using AUVs of Opportunity<br />
SeeByte Au<strong>to</strong>tracker Payload<br />
• Active tracking of pipeline using sidescan or bathymetric profiler.<br />
• Low logistic approach – Remus, Gavia, o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• Video, sonar, CP data products<br />
• Data Analysis in SeeTrack<br />
• World record for single sortie inspection coverage and time.<br />
• Deep and shallow pipeline<br />
• Vessels of opportunity<br />
• Cable inspection capability soon, using bio-inspired broadband<br />
multi-chirp sonar design<br />
• De-risked.. Commercially available<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Smart ROVs: Dynamic Positioning using DVL or Forward Look Sonar<br />
SeeByte SeeTrack Offshore:<br />
Decouple manipula<strong>to</strong>r motion. Steady video when zoomed. Plan and execute missions<br />
De-skill ROV pilot. Reduce time on task. Save money. Better data quality.<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Through Water RF Communication<br />
Modern DSP methods extract weak signals<br />
Less environment susceptibility<br />
Through air/water interface potential<br />
Complimentary technology <strong>to</strong> Acomms<br />
WFS S1510<br />
Underwater Radio Modem<br />
James Clark Maxwell (from Edinburgh) still<br />
right …<br />
WFS – Wireless Fibre Systems<br />
http://www.wirelessfibre.co.uk/<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
Go Science: RHyVAU Ring Wing AUV<br />
Low disturbance, maneuverable, low drag, laminar UUV form fac<strong>to</strong>r<br />
http://www.goscience.co.uk/<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
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<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
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Ian Dand<br />
Ed Danson<br />
John Dering<br />
Robin Dunbar<br />
Ian Edwards<br />
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Jonathan Evans<br />
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Yvan Petillot<br />
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Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST 1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
<strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong><br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Contributions</strong> <strong>to</strong> Unmanned Unte<strong>the</strong>red Submersible Technology<br />
1979-2009<br />
David M Lane<br />
Professor of Au<strong>to</strong>nomous Systems Engineering<br />
Ocean Systems Labora<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK<br />
http://osl.eps.hw.ac.uk/<br />
Chief Executive<br />
SeeByte Ltd / Inc<br />
Edinburgh, San Diego<br />
http://www.seebyte.com<br />
Sunday, August 30, 2009 <strong>Britannia</strong> <strong>Waves</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rules</strong> – What <strong>the</strong> Brits Did for UUST1979-2009 David M Lane D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk
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