Autonomy-assessment criteria for underwater vehicles

Carlos C Insaurralde; David Michael Lane

doi:10.1109/AUV.2012.6380746

Autonomy-assessment criteria for underwater vehicles

Carlos C Insaurralde, David Michael Lane

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Abstract

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are getting progressively sophisticated by increasing their self-governance capabilities which allow them to deal with more and more complex missions. However, there is still not a common agreement on the aspects that should be evaluated to know what level of autonomy AUVs provide. This paper reviews the current approaches to assess autonomous behavior in self-governed vehicles. It recaps the capabilities and perspectives taken into account as aspects to evaluate autonomy in unmanned systems from different domains. This provides the foundations to develop and propose assessment criteria for AUVs. This paper also proposes potential metrics for undersea autonomy in order to determine the degree of autonomy in AUVs. A case study based on a generic AUV is presented to show how the autonomy-assessment criteria for underwater vehicles can be applied.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4577-2054-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4577-2055-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AUV.2012.6380746
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 2012 - Southampton, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Sept 2012 → 27 Sept 2012

Conference

Conference	IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 2012
Abbreviated title	AUV 2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Southampton
Period	24/09/12 → 27/09/12

Keywords

Underwater Autonomy
Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
Metric Assessment of Autonomy

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