MEMS IMU navigation with model based dead-reckoning and one-way-travel-time acoustic range measurements for autonomous underwater vehicles
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9198DOI
10.1575/1912/9198Abstract
Recent advances in acoustic navigation methodologies are enabling the way for AUVs to extend
their submerged mission time and maintain a bounded XY position error. Additionally,
advances in inertial sensor technology have drastically lowered the size, power consumption,
and cost of these sensors. Nonetheless, these sensors are still noisy and accrue error over
time. This thesis builds on the research and recent developments in single beacon one-waytravel-
time (OWTT) acoustic navigation and investigates the degree of bounding position
error for small AUVs with a minimal navigation strap-down sensor suite, relying mostly on a
consumer grade microelectromechanical system (MEMS) inertial measurement unit (IMU)
and a vehicle’s dynamic model velocity. An implementation of an Extended Kalman Filter
(EKF) that includes IMU bias estimation and coupled with a range filter, is obtained in the
field on two OceanServer Technology, Inc. Iver2 AUVs and one Bluefin Robotics SandShark
𝜇AUV. Results from these field trials on Ashumet Pond of Falmouth, Massachusetts, the
Charles River of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Monterey Bay near Santa Cruz, California
show a navigation solution accuracy comparable to current standard navigation techniques.
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution September 2017
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Thesis: Kepper, James, "MEMS IMU navigation with model based dead-reckoning and one-way-travel-time acoustic range measurements for autonomous underwater vehicles", 2017-09, DOI:10.1575/1912/9198, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9198Related items
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