A METHOD FOR STEERING AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE ALONG A BURIED OBJECT IN THE SEABED

    公开(公告)号:US20240248482A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18562781

    申请日:2022-04-29

    申请人: Argeo Robotics AS

    摘要: A method for steering an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle along an object buried below a seabed: the AUV being equipped with at least one acoustic transmitter for generating acoustic signal towards the buried object and the seabed; arranging a first sensor assembly substantially flush with the AUV hull of the starboard side of the AUV for recording reflected acoustic signal from the buried object and the seabed with the first sensor assembly comprising one or more acoustic sensors, arranging a second sensor assembly substantially flush with the AUV hull of the port side of the AUV for recording reflected acoustic signal from the buried object and the seabed with the second sensor assembly comprising one or more acoustic sensors, generating an acoustic signal with a center frequency range between 1 kHz and 24 kHz with the at least one acoustic transmitter, recording reflected energy from the seabed and recording reflected energy from the buried object with the first and second sensors, registering reflected energy from the buried object in the recorded reflected energy data provided by the first and the second sensors and distinguishing the buried object from the seabed as the later arrival of the reflected energy of the seabed and the buried object, determining which of starboard and port side the object lies relative the AUV by determining which sensor assembly receiving the reflected energy data from the buried object first, and navigating the AUV towards the buried object based on which of starboard and port side the object lies relative the AUV.

    MOBILE ROBOT, MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20240361782A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18687386

    申请日:2021-09-13

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    发明人: Manao MACHIDA

    IPC分类号: G05D1/693 G05D1/46 G05D107/00

    摘要: In a mobile robot, a control unit performs movement control for moving toward a target direction while remaining in a movable region representing a communicable region without a collision between an own robot and another robot. A movable region calculation unit calculates, from a state of the own robot and a state of the other robot, a first region where the own robot and the other robot do not collide, a second region where the own robot and the other robot are capable of communicating, and the movable region in which the first region and the second region overlap.