International Advanced Robotics Programme (IARP) Workshop on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Shallow Waters and Coastal Environments, February 17-19, 1998, Lafayette, LA

研讨会的主题和中心目标是浅水和沿海环境的自主水下航行器。具体应用将针对与湿地和浅水渔业有关的浅水环境监测，海岸研究，工业废物环境污染监测，海上油田平台和管道检查和维护。湿地的石油泄漏与海洋或海滩的石油泄漏有很大的不同。河岸和河口周围的沼泽不容易进入任何控制和补救过程。此外，在水中、杂草中和沉积物中下沉的油使其更难检测、识别和限制。除了已经提到的困难之外，由于任务的危险性质，不建议使用人类来完成这些功能。因此，配备适当传感器和控制装置的相对便宜的AUV可能为该问题提供可行的替代解决方案。会议的预期结果将是：对问题区域（浅水环境）的清晰理解，操作和任务约束的推导，要求和建议的AUV架构来建造这样的车辆。会议记录将被制作和分发。＊＊＊

9712565 Valavanis The theme and central objective of the Workshop is Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Shallow Water and Coastal Environments. Specific applications will target shallow water environments related to wetlands and shallow water fisheries monitoring, coastal studies, monitoring of environmental pollution due to industrial wastes, offshore oilfield platform and pipeline inspection and maintenance. An oil spill in wetlands is quite different from an ocean or beach oil spill. The swamps around river banks and bayous are not easily accessible to any containment and remediation process. Further, the sinking oil in water, among weeds, and in sediment materials make it more difficult to detect, identify and confine. In addition to the already mentioned difficulties, it is not advisable to use humans for such functions due to the hazardous nature of the tasks. Thus, a relatively inexpensive AUV equipped with the proper sensors and controls may provide a viable alternative solution to the problem. The anticipated outcome of the meeting will be: a clear understanding of the problem area (shallow water environments), derivation of operational and mission constraints, and requirements and a suggested AUV architecture to build such a vehicle. Proceedings will be produced and distributed. ***