Provider: Ingenta Connect Database: Ingenta Connect Content: application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - Caccia, M. AU - Bono, R. AU - Bruzzone, G. AU - Veruggio, G. TI - Unmanned Underwater Vehicles for Scientific Applications and Robotics Research: The ROMEO Project JO - Marine Technology Society Journal PY - 2000-01-01T00:00:00/// VL - 34 IS - 2 SP - 3 EP - 17 N2 - The design, development and exploitation of Romeo, a last generation ROV capable of supporting robotics research on intelligent/autonomous vehicles and to execute scientific missions in very harsh environment, are presented. The system’s mechanical and communication design is discussed with respect to basic end-user requirements. A three Local Area Networks system architecture is proposed, and the main sub-systems connected to the surface (supervision), on-board and lab Ethernet LANs are described. The vehicle’s exploitation in scientific missions in harsh environment (Ross Sea in Antarctica), Internet-based mission control demonstrations and the integration with a multidisciplinary scientific and technological payload proved the capabilities of the proposed architecture in matching operational and research requirements. UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mts/mtsj/2000/00000034/00000002/art00001 M3 - doi:10.4031/MTSJ.34.2.1 UR - https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.34.2.1 ER -