The Ocean Technology Test Bed - From concept to operation
The Ocean Technology Test Bed - From concept to operation
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海洋技术试验台 - 从概念到操作
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2010
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D. Gamroth
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A. Proctor;J. Kennedy;E. Gamroth;C. Bradley;D. Gamroth
海洋技术试验台（OTTB）是由维多利亚大学海洋技术实验室（OTL）开发的多功能水下试验设施，为军事，学术界，政府和工业提供服务。OTTB位于加拿大温哥华岛海岸。它位于80米深的水中，覆盖2平方公里的海底。海底电缆为可回收平台提供电力和通信。该平台位于一个集成的有线长基线声学系统（IAS）内，该系统在整个OTTB竞技场提供精确的跟踪和声学通信。该设施拥有研究人员开发新的水下技术所需的工具，如：海洋传感器、自主水下航行器（AUV）;水下AUV对接系统;制导、导航和控制算法;多航行器合作;声学通信;以及自主遥感器。OTTB项目是位于萨尼奇湾的维多利亚海底实验网络（VENUS）观测站的一颗卫星，最初被提议作为一个工程实验室，以促进电缆海洋观测站使用的新水下技术的开发和测试，并作为一个试验场，以证明现有技术在偏远地区长期部署的适用性。该设施随后发挥了更广泛的作用，作为测量，安全和其他海洋传感应用的测试设施。OTTB安装的第一阶段已经完成，目前正在进行操作测试。本文介绍了这种独特的设施的开发和安装，并介绍了利用OTTB功能的前几个实验的案例研究。
The Ocean Technology Test Bed (OTTB) is a multi-functional underwater test facility developed by the Ocean Technology Lab (OTL) at the University of Victoria to serve military, academia, government and industry. The OTTB is located off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. It resides in 80m of water and covers 2-square kilometers of the seafloor A seafloor cable provides power and communication to a recoverable platform. The platform sits inside of an Integrated cabled long baseline Acoustic System (IAS), which provides precision tracking and acoustic communication throughout the OTTB arena. The facility has the tools researchers require to develop new underwater technologies, such as: oceanographic sensors, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs); underwater AUV docking systems; guidance, navigation and control algorithms; multiple vehicle cooperation; acoustic communication; and autonomous remote sensors. The OTTB project is a satellite off of the Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea (VENUS) observatory in Saanich Inlet, and was originally proposed as an engineering laboratory to facilitate the development and testing of new underwater technology for use on cabled ocean observatories, and as a proving ground for demonstrating the suitability of existing technology for long term deployments in remote locations. The facility has subsequently come to fill a broader role, serving as a test facility for surveying, security and other ocean sensing applications. The first phase of the OTTB installation has been completed and operational testing is now underway. This document describes the development and installation of this unique facility and presents case studies for the first few experiments to capitalize on the capabilities of the OTTB.