News Articles with Category: Docking Stations
September 19, 2016 - via Orbit
The company designed and manufactured a floating launch dock and a sea parking garage to meet Modus’ launch and recovery requirements for the Saab Sabertooth hybrid AUV.
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March 1, 2016 - via CMRE
CMRE began developing concepts for allowing a quick data transfer on autonomous vehicles in 2014. The challenges in developing an underwater field swappable storage unit are in the use of unconventional underwater connectors (typically not suited for standard data buses) and the miniaturization imposed by the portability of the system despite its ability to sustain high pressures.
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August 20, 2015 - via NSWC Carderock
The ability to use wireless technology to charge UUV batteries while underwater may significantly decrease time between missions, improving overall utility.
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May 23, 2015 - via Office of Naval Research
The pods will allow the unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to dock, recharge, upload data and download new orders before shoving off again.
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May 21, 2015 - via Office of Naval Research
Forward-Deployed Energy & Communications Outpost (FDECO) allows unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to dock, recharge, upload data and download new orders, and then be on their way.
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November 15, 2012 - via Naval Postgraduate School
Engineers from the NPS Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research (CAVR) and the Department of Oceanography are developing an interface so that the Monterey Inner Shelf Observatory (MISO), located in 16 m deep water 600 meters offshore from NPS, can host a REMUS docking station developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
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October 31, 2012 - via Electro Standards Laboratory
Targeted applications for this technology include: recharging stations for unmanned underwater vehicles, replacement or augmentation for solar power, elimination of batteries, sonar listening stations, weather monitoring buoys, wave monitoring buoys, tsunami warning stations, and port monitoring buoys.
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October 30, 2012 - via Design News
The docking station looks a cage-like frame that houses the docked vehicle. An acoustic transmitter provides a signal used to guide the vessel safely to the dock. Coils on the station transmit energy to vehicle batteries, and a WiFi network allows the data exchange between the vessels and the dock
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October 8, 2012 - via Boston Globe
Bluefin has built a docking station that communicates directly with underwater vehicles, guiding them to where they can recharge and transfer data.
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