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Introduction
Welcome to the Wiki for the AUV Lab @ MIT Sea grant.
Dedicated to the development and application of autonomous underwater vehicles, MIT Sea Grant's AUV Lab is a leading developer of advanced unmanned marine robots. Because our vehicles can function without tethers, cables, or remote control, they have a multitude of applications in oceanography, environmental monitoring, and underwater resource studies. The laboratory also serves as a training ground for graduate and undergraduate students, visiting engineers, and scientists, from around the world, who both learn from and contribute to the Lab's current research activities.
Press & Media
- Please visit our YouTube channel.
- Students take a virtual field trip underwater By Tracy Gladden.
- Scientific American Weekly Podcast (Nov 12,2008) by Cynthia Graber
- MIT’s latest robot sub is geared for long-term submergence by Brendan Lynch. MassHighTech. October 2008.
- Robotic yellow submarine is 'Mars Rover of the sea' by Ewen Callaway. New Scientist. October 2008
- MIT's new underwater robot can hover in place by David Chandler. MIT News. September 2008
- MIT Submarine Is Most Autonomous Robot Ocean Researcher Yet by Erik Sofge. Popular Mechanics. September 2008.
- Untethered in the Deep by Greg Mone. Technology Review. January 2008.
Vehicles
Our Vehicles (in no particular order)
- Xanthos - An Odyssey II class AUV whose payload includes a camera & sidescan sonar.
- Kemonaut - An Odyssey II class AUV whose payload includes the Nereus mass spectrometer.
- Odyssey IV - An Odyssey IV class hovering/cruising AUV rated to 6000 meters depth.
- Hawaii Reef Explorer - Small, inexpensive hovering AUV tethered to a small surface expression for constant communication.
- REx II - Hawaii Reef Explorer in a carry on sized package
- Katrina (ASV)
Software
- MOOS
- SGMOOS
- Sea Grant Helm
- ORMTools
- AUVNetSim - A python software package for simulating acoustic networking.
