主催: (社)計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門
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A project of development of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle R2D4, for survey of hydrothermal deposit, black smoker, etc. in deep water, has been started in 2001. The new vehicle will be launched in March, 2003. The vehicle is 4m long and 4tonf in weight, and can dive to 4,000m deep. This paper presents the outline of the vehicle’s configuration, payload and its navigation system.