A computer simulation study of rule-based control of an autonomous underwater vehicle
By: David L. MacPherson, Jr
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Remotely piloted Vehicles; Robotics; Computer simulation; Artificial intelligence
Description: Man has an ever-increasing desire for machines to do this work for him. Unmanned vehicles that perform routine or hazardous tasks are receiving a great deal of attention. Vehicles for unmanned submersible applications are becoming more feasible as strides are made in very large scale integration of computer hardware. This work focuses on the development of algorithms and ideas for the computer control of military Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). Both a Lisp machine and a graphics workstation, communicating via an Ethernet network, were used in this thesis to develop AUV simulator software. The emphasis has been placed on developing a computer graphics simulation of the control panel of an AUV and on a family of programs that define AUV missions. An AUV mission is a complete software plan designed to control an AUV as it executes the steps to achieve some goal or objective. AUV missions are executed by this simulator in a fully autonomous mode once certain mission parameters are supplied by a human user. Theses. (fr)
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): McGhee, Robert B.

"June 1988."

"NPS-52-88-004."

DTIC Descriptor(s): Underwater Vehicles, Control Systems, Algorithms, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Computerized Simulation, Computers, Control, Control Panels, Graphics, Integration,  Military Vehicles, Mission Profiles, Planning, Simulators, Submersibles, Theses, Unmanned, Vehicles, Guidance, Computer Applications, Artificial Intelligence.

DTIC Identifiers: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Rule Based Control Systems.

Author(s) subject terms: Artificial Intelligence; Robotics; Graphics; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-57)

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US Navy (USN) author.