Sub-Ex: Development of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (Phases I and II)

Joseph Paulo P. Alcaraz First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, Batangas
Stanley L. Aquino First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, Batangas
Jeren M. Sangalang First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, Batangas
Gilert John Quinry D. Sumague First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, Batangas
Jay Nickson T. Tabing First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, Batangas
Leonel Jesson L. Ticsay First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, Batangas
Elmer R. Magsino First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, Batangas

Abstract

This project focuses on the two development stages of SUB-EX, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV):1 (1) the AW platform and (2) the visual surveying control of software. As an AUV, SUB-EX can move in any horizontal direction, submerge and surface without water leakage and hover underwater. The visual surveying software allows the AUV to operate in manual or automatic mode. In manual operation, movements of the submarine are executed using a remote control. If automatic, the submarine uses color recognition and object tracking. Color recognition aids the submarine to identify a specific color, while object tracking allows it to automatically move towards an object in response to its recognized color. The system was tested in a swimming pool to better observe the AUV movements.

Keywords: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Visual Surveying

Published

2021-08-18

Issue

Vol 30 No 2 (2009)

Section

Articles