Скачать или смотреть CoExploration: Real Time Multi Modal AUV Mapping with Low Throughput Acoustic Links

NOAA Central Library Seminars

Speaker: Dr. Mike Jakuba, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Senior Engineer

Sponsors: NOAA Ocean Exploration and NOAA Central Library

Abstract: This talk will describe new "CoExploration" tools that provide AUV operators with significantly more real-time insight into on-board data than typical synchronous acoustic uplinks allow. CoEx aims to maximize the utility of the low-throughput acoustic links between operator and vehicle to leverage the strengths of both members of the team---access to full resolution data on the part of the AUV, and situational and logistical awareness, and scientific expertise and intent on the part of operators. The talk will present results from a recent expedition during which operators used CoEx tools to uplink multibeam, identify a target, redirect the vehicle to photograph it, and uplink confirmatory photos, all in real time during a single dive.

Keywords: CoExploration, AUV, mapping

About the Speaker: Dr. Michael Jakuba is an engineer with extensive experience designing and deploying marine robotic systems. Dr. Jakuba received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2000, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering/Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in 2003 and 2007, respectively. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University and the Australian Centre for Field Robotics in Sydney Australia prior to returning to WHOI in 2011 where he now works as a Senior Engineer.