Toward Auto-Calibration of Navigation Sensors for Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

dc.contributor.authorMach, Jared Jamisonen
dc.contributor.committeechairStilwell, Daniel J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKachroo, Pushkinen
dc.contributor.committeememberSaunders, William R.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:52Zen
dc.date.adate2003-08-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:52Zen
dc.date.issued2003-07-23en
dc.date.rdate2003-08-06en
dc.date.sdate2003-07-24en
dc.description.abstractWith an increase in the use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV's) comes the desire for smaller and cheaper AUV's. Reduction in size and cost will make AUV technology more accessible to research and industrial communities. These constraints also reduce the quality of components used in the vehicle. Availability of calibration algorithms built into the sensors also diminishes. Thus, there is a need for developing automatic sensor calibration techniques. This thesis presents the theoretical and simulation results of calibration algorithms developed for an electronic magnetic compass and heading rate sensor. Development of the Autonomous Systems and Controls Laboratory's first miniature AUV is also presented.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07242003-163503en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07242003-163503/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34138en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartJared_Mach_Thesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectUUVen
dc.titleToward Auto-Calibration of Navigation Sensors for Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehiclesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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