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AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) - Coggle Diagram
AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)
AUV History
The tool was invented in the University of Washington laboratories by three individuals in the United States.
The AUV tool was invented in 1957.
Function of the AUV
Quick Description of an AUV: AUV also known as Autonomous Underwater Vehicle is an unmanned and untethered robot which works from the instructions of codes given by the operator that is on shore or even on a research vessel. The tool is similar to ROVs which is a space robot but unlike ROVs they do not need to be controlled by an operator for it to do its job.
The AUV is a very useful robot as it is able to record the depth of the ocean, collect samples from the ocean's floor, they also are most importantly used to create maps the of the ocean's floor, record environmental information, and ultimately see and record data on what humans can not due to their limitations.
AUVs are built in various sizes, some ranging only a few hundred pounds while others thousands of pounds. Many AUVs have specialized batteries they run off of but some use solar energy, to charge themselves for their propellers found on the back of the machine to work. They tend to use gravity to pull them to the ocean's floor where most of their data is collected.
Physical Oceanographers would tend to use AUVs the most as it they allow for the creation of a map. The map will allow for a detailed image of the ocean floor and collect physical information about the oceans floor.
The image describes the components making up an AUV and the different parts of the machine.
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This is a diagram of multiple AUVs in operation. The image depicts the orange vehicles as the AUVs and the ships above following and tracking the AUVs progress.
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Biological Oceanographers would also use AUVs as through the data collections of samples and images oceanographers can study the biological structures of the environments the AUVs actually took data from.
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Here is an image of an AUV on the deck of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Exploration. The AUV will soon be dispersed into the ocean water.
This is an image of the data that an AUV would collect. It describes the different depths of the certain location being studied upon.
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AUVs are so cruecial for oceanographers as they allow for the ability of scientist to study the ocean floors and find new creatures and organisms that might impact the society of the world. Without them this work would not be done due to human limitations.
