The design and 200 day per year operation of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Sentry

2016 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Pub Date : 2016-11-01 DOI:10.1109/AUV.2016.7778680

C. Kaiser, D. Yoerger, J. Kinsey, Sean Kelley, A. Billings, Justin Fujii, S. Suman, M. Jakuba, Z. Berkowitz, C. German, A. Bowen

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The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Sentry has been in routine operation since 2009. It is a 6000m depth rated autonomous survey and sampling platform and is a “fly-away” system meaning it transports easily anywhere in the world to utilize vessels of opportunity. Sentry, initially a radical concept and experiment in AUV design, is now the AUV component of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and as such spends up to 200 days per year in the field conducting operations for ocean scientists. Accordingly, Sentry must be reliable enough for a customer focused mission, but flexible enough to undertake previously unconceived missions on very short notice and with a high success rate. Field operations on a “Global Class” research vessel can easily exceed $100,000 per day placing a premium on efficiency. Here we describe not only the vehicle Sentry, but also, the systems and infrastructure which supports Sentry and the unique nature of operations within the NDSF.

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自主水下航行器哨兵的设计和每年200天的运行

自2009年以来，自动水下航行器(AUV)哨兵号一直处于常规运行状态。这是一个6000米深度的自主测量和采样平台，是一个“飞离”系统，这意味着它可以轻松地运输到世界任何地方，利用机会的船只。Sentry最初是AUV设计中的一个激进概念和实验，现在是伍兹霍尔海洋研究所(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)运营的国家深潜设施(NDSF)的AUV组成部分，每年在野外为海洋科学家进行200天的作业。因此，哨兵必须足够可靠，以客户为中心的任务，但足够灵活，在非常短的时间内承担以前未设想的任务，并具有很高的成功率。一艘“全球级”科考船的现场作业每天可以轻松超过10万美元，这使得效率变得更加重要。在这里，我们不仅描述了车辆Sentry，而且还描述了支持Sentry的系统和基础设施以及NDSF内操作的独特性质。

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