Authors
S. Faiz Ahmed Ahmed, D. Hazry, M. Hassan Tanveer, M. Kamran Joyo, Faizan. A. Warsi, Khairunizam Wan, Zuradzman M. Razlan, Shahriman A.B. Zunaidi IB, A.T. Hussain
Corresponding Author
S. Faiz Ahmed Ahmed
Available Online 30 June 2014.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2014.1.1.17How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Underwater Vehicle, GPS, Acoustic, Navigation Technique
Abstract
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) are devices that perform task with slight or no human interaction. These tasks are predefined set of commands called navigation methods, that are used to achieve desired mission goals. The navigation control system plays an important role in maneuvering of UUV and without it UUV cannot perform any mission task. In this research article a survey of different navigation techniques are presented for new design of Underwater mobile robot named as AQUA-X Robot, which uses four (4) propellers placed in cartesian coordinate configuration with parallel arrangement which help it in batter navigation maneuvering. The detail working principles, advantages and problems in different navigation techniques are thoroughly discussed. Besides that, their implementation on UUV on a ranged mission situation are also briefly described. Finally the accuracy of the different navigation techniques are compared and based on this comparison a most suitable navigation method is selected for developing AQUA-X UUV for better navigation.

Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd..
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).