Applications for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle A Case Study of Issues of Complexity in Undergraduate Engineering Design

这笔拨款将用于支持实验，该实验将解决本科工程教育中的一个关键问题。测试项目将以自动水下机器人(AUV)为基础，将涉及进行科学和工程调查以获得所需环境数据所需的硬件和软件设计以及辅助系统的开发。由麻省理工学院人工智能实验室的罗德尼·布鲁克斯开发的AUV分层控制方法将机器人控制问题分解为一系列交互行为。这使得小型学生团队能够针对单一的行为进行工作，但也迫使他们进行协作，以便整合行为之间的交互。该项目将通过提供设计、工程、施工和现场测试方面的经验，为本科生的研究体验增加一个新的维度。

This grant will support experiment which will address a critical issue in undergraduate engineering education. The test project will be based on an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and will involve hardware and software design and development of ancillary systems necessary to carry out scientific and engineering surveys to obtain needed environmental data. The AUV's layered control approach, developed by Rodney Brooks at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, breaks the robot control problem into a set of interacting behaviors. This enables small student teams to work on a single behavior but also forces them to work collaboratively in order to integrate interaction among behaviors. This project will add a new dimension to Research Experiences for Undergraduates by providing experience in design, engineering, construction, and field testing.