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| Autonomous Surface Vehicle |
| Overview
The Virginia Tech autonomous surface vehicles (ASV) was desiged to support experiments in long-term autonomous operations in unstructured and dynamic environments. On-going projects include experiments with heterogeneous autonomous vehicles, and geometric shoreline reconstruction using visual sensors. Principal performance and physical characteristics are
- Payload: 400 lbs.
- Endurance: >3 days at full throttle
- Cruise speed: 1.5-2 m/s
Research on machine vision is being conducted in collaboration with Professors Chris Wyatt and Andy Kurdila.
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Intrumentation and Electronics
- WAAS-GPS
- tri-axial gyro
- attitude
- conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen probe
- ADCP with bottom-lock
- omni-direction camera
- 802.11 wifi
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Software/Processor
- Two laptops
- National Instruments LabView and C++
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