Research Topics

    1. Development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)


    2005

    • Aug.2005: New intelligent AUV "r2D4" Diving to Myojin-sho Submarine Crater
    • Oct.2005: Deployment of the AUV "Tri-Dog 1" inLake Biwa to develop new navigation system using bubbles from lake bottom as a reference point
    • Oct.2005: International Workshop on ApuuRobo 2005 in IIS Campus
    • Nov.2005: Investigation into Sea floor off Yonaguni Island for future AUV deployments
    • Mar.2005: Deployment of the AUV "Tri-Dog 1" at "Tagiri" in Kagoshima-bay to observe hydrothermal vents

    r2D4 Launching to Myojin-sho Submarine Crater (Aug. 2005)
    r2D4 Launching to Myojin-sho Submarine Crater (Aug. 2005)    		 r2D4 Diving to Myojin-sho Submarine Crater (Aug. 2005)
    r2D4 Diving to Myojin-sho Submarine Crater (Aug. 2005)    		 Images of Myojin-sho Submarine Crater Seabed Taken by r2D4 Camera (Aug. 2005)
    Images of Myojin-sho Submarine Crater Seabed Taken by r2D4 Camera (Aug. 2005)
    Mission Plan for r2D4 #23 Dive (Aug. 2005)
    Mission Plan for r2D4 #23 Dive (Aug. 2005)    		 Interferometry Sonar Image of Northwest Cliff of Myojin-sho Volcanic Cone (Aug. 2005)
    Interferometry Sonar Image of Northwest Cliff of Myojin-sho Volcanic Cone (Aug. 2005)

    Deployment Tri-Dog1 at "Tagiri" in Kagoshima-bay
    Photo mosaicing of Tagiri
    shallow vent area by Tri-Dog1