IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2016 · 43 citations · 10 references
EngineeringMarine EngineeringOcean EngineeringOcean InstrumentationSubsea EngineeringUnderwater AcousticsAcoustic SensingAcoustic Sensing SystemsMarine Monitoring SystemsSonar SystemsUnderwater Acoustic CommunicationUnderwater Vehicle DesignAccess PointsIn Situ SensingManufacturingProtection Of Nuclear FacilitiesUnderwater Navigation SystemsUnderwater PositioningVehicle DesignVehicle Instrumentation Design
The AVEXIS (aqua vehicle explorer for in-situ sensing) underwater vehicles have been developed to allow characterization and monitoring of hazardous underwater environments with limited access points. A number of forms of the vehicle are being developed to assist in the decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear facilities in Cumbria, U.K. The vehicles have been designed to be low-cost and have been constructed using novel manufacturing methods, such as 3D printing, which allows them to be built quickly and adds a high level of flexibility to the design. An acoustic communications and positioning system has also been developed which can be integrated into the vehicle or used as a stand-alone system which can be retrofitted onto existing vehicles.
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