SiPLABoratory

Development of Vehicles and Advanced Systems for the Execution of Underwater Inspection Tasks (INFANTE)

The objectives of this project are the design and the construction of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), and the development and integration of advanced systems for navigation, guidance and control, acoustic communications and mission management. These systems will be tested in the lab. Once they are installed in the vehicle, they will be also tested in pool and sea trials. This project was financed by the PRAXIS XXI programme, with 255 keuros for 3 years. Starting date: May 1st, 1997. Coordinator: A. Pascoal (IST). Participants: RINAVE, S.M. Jesus (CINTAL), E. Coelho (Instituto Hidrográfico, Lisbon). People involved from SiPLAB: S.M. Jesus, A. Silva, C. Lopes and P. Felisberto.[...more]
Project terminated in April 30, 2001.