A novel trigger-based method for hydrothermal vents prospecting using an autonomous underwater robot
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4278As published
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-010-9187-yAbstract
In this paper we address the problem of localizing active hydrothermal vents on the
seafloor using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The plumes emitted by hydrothermal
vents are the result of thermal and chemical inputs from submarine hot spring systems into the
overlying ocean. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Autonomous Benthic Explorer
(ABE) AUV has successfully localized previously undiscovered hydrothermal vent fields in
several recent vent prospecting expeditions. These expeditions utilized the AUV for a three-stage,
nested survey strategy approach (German et al., 2008). Each stage consists of a survey flown at
successively deeper depths through easier to detect but spatially more constrained vent fluids.
Ideally this sequence of surveys culminates in photographic evidence of the vent fields themselves.
In this work we introduce a new adaptive strategy for an AUV's movement during the first,
highest-altitude survey: the AUV initially moves along pre-designed tracklines but certain
conditions can trigger an adaptive movement that is likely to acquire additional high value data for
vent localization. The trigger threshold is changed during the mission, adapting the method to the
different survey profiles the robot may find. The proposed algorithm is vetted on data from
previous ABE missions and measures of efficiency presented.
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Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Springer for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Autonomous Robots 29 (2010): 67-83, doi:10.1007/s10514-010-9187-y.
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Preprint: Ferri, Gabriele, Jakuba, Michael V., Yoerger, Dana R., "A novel trigger-based method for hydrothermal vents prospecting using an autonomous underwater robot", 2010-04, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-010-9187-y, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4278Related items
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