Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
7 |
| Date of Summary |
June 30, 1986 |
| Subject |
Unmanned, Untethered Inspection
Vehicle Technology (the EAVE Program) |
| Performing Activity |
Naval Ocean Systems Center University of New Hampshire |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr. Robert Corell, UNH & Mr.
Paul Heckman, NOSC |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
This was a joint Industry Project
(JIP) with the U.S. Navy to develop
the technology for navigation, data sensing, storage, and telemetry for a free-swimming
robot submersible programmed to inspect underwater pipelines and structures. |
| Progress |
Complete. Existing test bed
vehicles were used to study the feasibility of unmanned, untethered robots for underwater
inspection missions. The University of New Hampshire (UNH) test bed, EAVE-East evaluated acoustic navigation and
communications. The robot is an open frame, clump-shaped vehicle, able to maneuver in
three dimensions. It has undergone in-water testing around and through a simulated
offshore structure. The Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC) test bed, EAVE-West, is torpedo-shaped for high running
speeds, such as pipeline following. It navigates by magnetometers and communicates using
fiber optics telemetry. These test beds can perform basic underwater tasks. Because of independent interest in EAVE-West technology, NOSC has
fabricated and assembled a similar test bed system in an enclosed hydro-dynamically faired
vehicle. |
| Reports |
| AA
(1.093 KB PDF) |
The Engineering Design and
Development of a Microcomputer Controlled Free-Swimming Vehicle, Final Report for the
period September 1, 1977 - August 31, 1978, Contract No. N6601-77C-0348, Marine Systems
Engineering Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. |
| AB
(838 KB PDF) |
Gordon, A., Considerations
Concerning an Active Electromagnetic Pipeline Following System, Memorandum, Naval Ocean
Systems Center, December 11, 1978. |
| AC
(850 KB PDF) |
Experimental Autonomous Vehicle
Program (EAVE), Development for Unmanned, Untethered ,
Submersible Technology for Inspection Tasks,
R&D Program for OCS Oil and Gas Operations, USGS, November 1, 1979. |
| AD
(362 KB PDF) |
Blidberg, D., Allmendinger, E.,
Sideris, N., The Development of an Unmanned, Self-Controlled, Free-Swimming Vehicle,
Proceedings, Offshore Technology Conference, 1978. |
| AE
(241 KB PDF) |
Blidberg, D., Westneat, S., An
Unmanned Untethered Inspection Vehicle, Annual Conference, Proceedings, Marine Technology
Society, 1979. |
| AG
(2.313 KB PDF) |
The Engineering Design and
Development of a Microcomputer Controlled Unmanned Free-Swimming Vehicle, University of
New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, December 1979. |
| AH
(1.986 KB PDF) |
Research and Engineering Design
of a Microcomputer Controlled Unmanned Free-Swimming Vehicle, University of New Hampshire,
Durham, New Hampshire, November, 1980. |
| AI
(1.838 KB PDF) |
Heckman, P. J., Free-Swimming
Submersible Test Bed (EAVE WEST), NOSC-TR 622, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego,
California, September 15, 1980. |
| AJ
(2.478 KB PDF) |
Bosse, P., Heckman, P. J.,
Development of an Underwater Manipulator for use on a Free-Swimming Unmanned Submersible,
NOSC- TR 632, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California, October 1980. |
| AK
(1.900 KB PDF) |
Cowan, S. J., Heckman, P. J.,
Kono, M., Fiber Optic Communication Links for Unmanned Inspection Submersibles, NOSC-TR
652, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California, October 15, 1980. |
| AM
(812 KB PDF) |
An Independent Technical Review
of the Experimental Autonomous Vehicle (EAVE) Program, May 1981. |
| AN
(156 pages) |
Second International Symposium on
Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology, September 21-24, 1981, University of New
Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. |
| AO
(242 pages) |
Technology Development for
Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Vehicle Systems, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New
Hampshire, October 31, 1982. |
| AQ
(2.833 KB PDF) |
EAVE System Modification for
Operational Evaluation in Hostile Environments, Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory,
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, December 31, 1983. |
| AR
(1.550 KB PDF) |
Ladd, D. M., Free-Swimming
Submersible Hydrodynamic Fairing Design, NOSC-TR 878, Naval Ocean System Center, San
Diego, California, June 1, 1983. |
| AS
(742 KB PDF) |
EAVE-East Cavitation Cleaner
Feasibility Demonstration, Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory, University of New
Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, September 30, 1985. |
| AT
(5.174 KB PDF) |
Technology Development for
Unmanned Submersible Vehicle Systems, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire,
October 31, 1982. |
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