Unmanned surface vehicle
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Unmanned surface vehicles (USV) or autonomous surface vehicles (ASV) are vehicles that operate on the surface of the water (watercraft) without a crew.
USVs are valuable in oceanography, as they are more capable than moored or drifting weather buoys, but far cheaper than the equivalent weather ships and research vessels,[1] and more flexible than commercial-ship contributions. Wave gliders, in particular, harness wave energy for primary propulsion[2] and, with solar cells to power their electronics, have months of marine persistence[3] for both academic [4][5] and naval applications.[6][7]
Military applications for USVs include powered seaborne targets and minehunting. Operational USVs with offensive capability include the Israeli Protector USV.[8]
Examples
Specific craft or class:
- USV RSV (Marine Tech) [9]
- ACTUV
- USV Bonefish [10][11][12][13][14]
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- Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel
- Unmanned water vehicle Piraya
- Protector USV
- Scout (autonomous boat)
- Sea Hunter
- Silver Marlin
- Spartan Scout
- Springer USV [15]
- Vaimos
- U-RANGER* USV [16]
Manufacturers:
Components:
See also
References
- ^ Stevens Institute of Technology student USV
- ^ "Carbon Wave Glider". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Robot Boats Survive Epic Voyage Across the Pacific — So Far". WIRED. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Autonomous Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance of Unmanned Vessels in Simulated Rough Sea States. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Robotica - An experimental setup for autonomous operation of surface vessels in rough seas - Cambridge Journals Online". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ This story was written Amanda D. Stein; Naval Postgraduate School Public Affairs. "NPS Acquires Two USVs, Opens Sea Web Lab for Expanded Undersea Warfare Research". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Information Dissemination: Eureka! Wave Glider". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254673318745&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Jerusalem Post, 4 Oct 2009
- ^ "Unmanned Surface Vehicle RSV". Marine Tech. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ SAAB & P.T Lundin Bonefish USV concept at Indodefence 2014. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Unmanned Surface Vessel". Saab Solutions. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Steering a course for unmanned vessels". InDaily. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=09661303-1f3b-49c1-95f1-7a0efd282d10&subId=303542
- ^ "Saab Bonefish proceeds apace - News - Shephard". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Springer USV". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Unmanned Surface Vehicles". Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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