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Underwater Robots - Gianluca Antonelli.pdf

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6 1. Introduction<br />

Fig. 1.4. Coordinated control of two seven-link Ansaldo manipulators during a<br />

wet test in a pool (courtesy of G. Casalino, Genoa Robotics And Automation<br />

Laboratory, Università diGenova and G. Veruggio, National Research Council-<br />

ISSIA, Italy)<br />

Table 1.1. UUV possible instrumentation<br />

sensor measured variable<br />

Inertial System linear acceleration and angular velocity<br />

Pressure-meter vehicle depth<br />

Frontal sonar distance from obstacles<br />

Vertical sonar distance from the bottom<br />

Ground Speed sonar relative velocity vehicle/bottom<br />

Current-meter relative velocity vehicle/current<br />

Global Positioning System absolute position at the surface<br />

Compass orientation<br />

Acoustic baseline absolute position in known area<br />

Vision systems relative position/velocity<br />

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler water current atseveral positions

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