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94 5. Experiments Dynamic Control of a6-DOF AUV<br />

of 0 . 63 mand vertical diameter of 0 . 61 m, made ofanodizied Aluminum (AL<br />

6061-T6). Its dry weight isabout 125 kg. It is, thus, slightly positive buoyant.<br />

The processor is aMotorola 68040/33 MHz working with VxWorks 5.2 operating<br />

system. The power supply is furnished by 24 Lead Gel batteries, 20<br />

for the thrusters and 4for the CPU, which provide about 2hours of autonomous<br />

operations. The actuating system is made of 8marine propellers<br />

built at ASL; they are actuated by brushless motors. Each motor weighs about<br />

1kgand can provide amaximum thrust force of about 27N.The sensory<br />

system is composed of: apressure sensor for depth measuring, with an accuracy<br />

of 3cm; 8sonars for position reconstruction and navigation, each with<br />

arange 0 . 1 ÷ 14. 4m;anInertial System for attitude and velocity measures.<br />

Fig. 5.1. ODIN, the AUV used to experimentally test adaptive and fault tolerant<br />

control strategies<br />

5.3 Experiments of Dynamic Control<br />

Despite the closed environment inwhich the experiments have been conducted,<br />

the pool of the University ofHawaii, it is necessary to take into account

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