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| Virginia Tech High-Speed AUV | |
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The Virginia Tech High-Speed AUV is 3 inches in diameter and capable of speeds in excess of 15 kots. It was designed to operate heavy -- weight 50% greater than displacement. When not cruising at high speed, it can hover nose-down.
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| Virginia Tech 475 AUV | |
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| The Virginia Tech 475 AUV is a small 4.75" diameter general-purpose AUV designed to support a wide variety of payloads. With 6 of these AUVs available, they are most often used to support experiments in multi-vehice cooperation. More information is available here. | |
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| Virginia Tech Prototype Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicle | |
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| 2004 Detailed design documents
(Complete design docoumentation represents a 2004 snapshot of the AUV. The AUV has iterated through a number of hardware, software, and logistical improvements since 2004.) |
Movie 1 (5.8 MB, MPEG format) Movie 2 (1 MB WMV format) |
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