IROS 2018Poster
Positioning. Navigation and Awareness of the !VAMOS! Underwater Robotic Mining System
Authors: J. Almeida, A. Martins, C. Almeida, A. Dias, B. Matias, A. Ferreira, P. Jorge, R. Martins, M. Bleier, A. Nuchter, J. Pidgeon, S. Kapusniak, E. Silva
Abstract
This paper presents the positioning, navigation and awareness (PNA) system developed for the Underwater Robotic Mining System of the !VAMOS! project [1]. It describes the main components of the !VAMOS! system, the PNA sensors in each of those components, the global architecture of the PNA system, and its main subsystems: Position and Navigation, Realtime Mine Modeling, 3D Virtual reality HMI and Real-time grade system. General results and lessons learn during the first mining field trial in Lee Moor, Devon, UK during the months of September and October 2017 are presented.