Open AccessDevelopment of an Underwater Robot for Detecting Shallow Water in a Port
Author(s) -
Ririka Itoh,
AUTHOR_ID,
Tadatsugi Okazaki
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0064
Subject(s) - underwater , marine engineering , port (circuit theory) , measure (data warehouse) , robot , chart , geology , computer science , engineering , oceanography , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , database
Water depth is an important piece of information for the ship navigator when entering the port. However, the depth is not always accurate as indicated in the chart due to tides and sedimentation. This study aimed to develop an underwater robot to easily measure water depth. To measure the water depth at the place where the ship is moored at the quay, this paper proposed the method of measuring the water depth by submerging an underwater robot under the moored ship. Actual sea area experiments indicated the effectiveness of the underwater robot.