... ABSTRACT The Unmanned Wave Glider (UWG) is an emerging type of marine vehicle that has gained prominence in recent years. It relies on its unique multi-body coupled structure to convert wave energy into propulsion energy, enabling theoretically infinite endurance. However, the UWG's...

... and response in waves are highly related to their natural frequency. The data collected in the study will also be used for further numerical simulations and design optimization. INTRODUCTION Wave gliders or wave-propelled vehicles are a new type of autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) which harness wave energy...

... ABSTRACT Although wave glider has many excellent features that other unmanned surface vehicles cannot compare with, and has a wide application prospect, it is still a small unmanned surface vehicle with limited ability. In practical application, the wave glider has many defects such as poor...

... ABSTRACT A hybrid-driven underwater glider (HUG) is a new type of unmanned underwater vehicle which combines the advantages of traditional underwater gliders (UGs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). In this paper, a new design scheme, equipping a foldable wing module on the top...

... ABSTRACT Underwater gliders are winged, autonomous underwater vehicles that are broadly applied in physical and biological oceanography. The wings have an important impact on the hydrodynamic performance of the underwater glider. In this paper, the effect of wing flexibility on hydrodynamic...

... sustainability passenger transportation thermal buoyancy engine pcm air transportation sustainable development engine bemt hydrodynamic performance geometry turbine buoyancy engine underwater glider coefficient thermal energy mechanism blade element turbine geometry social...

... Effects of the seawater pressure and density change with the depth on the motion of underwater glider have been conducted in the present research. The net buoyancy that drives the underwater glider accounts for about 0.5 % of the displacement. Because of the lack of controllable actuators...

... ABSTRACT In recent years, underwater technology is being developed for coastal survey and strategic applications. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are a classic example of such technology. The Unmanned Underwater Gliders, unique among them, use a buoyancy propulsion mechanism to execute...

... area and generated 1 W electricity power. In this paper, concept description and preliminary study for development of the robotic buoy are presented. buoy system glider primary bcv robotic buoy power generator sustainability energy harvesting oceanic energy harvesting ocean energy...

... Abstract The purpose of this research is to develop an ocean-going solar-powered underwater glider, named Tonai60, for a long-term and wide-range monitoring of ocean environment and ecosystem. The maximum operation depth is 60 metre in the twilight ocean zone. The Tonai60 glider is equipped...

... Feasibility Study of an Ocean-Going Solar-Powered Underwater Glider Masakazu Arima Department of Marine System Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University Sakai, Osaka, Japan Hirofumi Tonai Department of Marine System Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University Sakai, Osaka, Japan ABSTRACT The purpose...

... solar charge accumulators of autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles (AUUV) for the long work maintenance are considered in the application article prospects. KEY WORDS: Autonomous underwater vehicles; glider; renewable energy; solar; wave converter. INTRODUCTION Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV...

... ABSTRACT: The authors are planning to realise three-dimensional multipoint and simultaneous measurement of ocean environment by swarm intelligent underwater vehicles. For this purpose, an ocean-going underwater glider with independently controllable main wings was developed and named ‘SOARER...

... Real-Time Visualizations of Ocean Data Collected By The NORUS Glider in Svalbard, Norway Daniel Medina, Mark Moline, Christopher Clark, and Zoë J. Wood Department of Computer Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA, USA ABSTRACT Modern robotics and sensors have...

... ABSTRACT The hunting of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) is a challenge issue. According to the plan that a fleet of underwater gliders is operated to search hydrothermal plume firstly and the SMS's suspected sites are farther validated, the corresponding parallel formation for variable...

...The Turning Simulation of an Underwater Glider using CFD Dong C. Seo(1), Heewon Lee(1), Si M. Song(2) and Hang S. Choi(1) (1)Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University Seoul, Korea (2) STX R&D Center, STX Shipbuilding Changwon, Korea ABSTRACT An underwater...

... ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to develop an "underwater glider with independently controllable main wings" for the use of oceanographic survey and worldwide-scale monitoring of marine environment by using a number of swarm-intelligent underwater gliders. The experimental underwater...