State of the Art of Parameters for Mechanical Design of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

[EN] This work presents a guide for researchers interested in Ocean Engineering and Underwater Robotics design of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). The main purpose of this review is to evaluate the present situation of underwater robotics; specifically of AUV¿s, in this review we integrated several existing AUV¿s. Data analysis was taken from 33 AUV¿s belong to sixteen different countries around the world, these AUV s have been study in 40 groups in universities, research institutes and business companies.

The state of the art is based on three main aspects: mission developed by the AUV s, conditions of operation and design of the hull. With this review the reader will have important information about AUV s; such as typical speed, maximum operating depth, navigation and communication systems, shapes and materials used in hull manufacture.

Based on this work, researchers in ocean engineering and robotic underwater, has the possibility to define parameters of operation of the AUV that wants to design, taking into account the type of missions they want to develop. The parameters used by other researchers will serve as a starting point for your own design and research, with that you will overcome the difficulties that other projects had to overcome. In this work are included all the possibilities of use of an AUV, for any design. All the information contained in this work has updated with the most recent published papers of each AUV.