| 摘要 |
An autonomous underwater system for effecting long-term monitoring, in continuous, onsite and with a wide range of parameters relating to the sea environment, consisting of a multidisciplinary underwater station and an autonomous underwater vehicle, co-operating with each other to allow various kinds of environmental explorations. In particular, the present system represents a solution for monitoring the environmental impact of offshore activities, characterizing unexplored sites, supporting the management of polluted areas, monitoring the integrity of structures installed in underwater environments and verifying the possible intrusion of third-parties in an area to be monitored. The autonomous underwater system for environmental monitoring (100) comprising a multidisciplinary underwater station (101) equipped with onboard instrumentation (202), at least one autonomous, modular underwater vehicle (102) movable inside an area to be monitored (107) along an assigned route 106 and at least one external instrumental modulus (206) which can be connected to said vehicle (102), wherein said multidisciplinary underwater station (101) comprises a docking area (204), an interface system (220), an equipping system (207) for supplying the vehicle (102) with instrumental modula (206) and a management system (201). Said autonomous modular underwater vehicle (102) belonging to the autonomous underwater system for environmental monitoring (100) can be equipped with onboard measurement sensors (311), and comprise at least one main thruster (302), at least one auxiliary thruster for fine positioning (305, 306, 307), a hull (301), at least one electronic control modulus (313), at least one energy reserve (312), at least one connection system (308), and means for attaching (317) at least one instrumental external modulus (206), wherein said instrumental external modulus (206) is equipped with at least one measuring sensor (314). A further object of the present invention relates to a method using a multidisciplinary underwater station (101), an instrumental external modulus (206) and an autonomous modular underwater vehicle (102) for collecting data relating to the underwater environment in relation to time, and providing, after processing, a four-dimensional vision of the underwater environment monitored. |
