Activities of AUV Development in MOERI-KORDI

Authors
Pan-Mook Lee, Bong-Huan Jun, Yong-Kon Lim

AUV Systems & Sensors Workshop, 2010,

Abstract - This paper presents the activities on unmanned underwater vehicle development and sensors for underwater communication in the Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute (MOERI), an ocean engineering institute of KORDI. After briefly reviewing the UUV development in Korea including other Korean academic societies and industry side, this paper introduces the development of AUV ISIMI in terms of docking and autonomous control, and an MDV to depose mines in shallow water, and an underwater communication system and network system developed in MOERI-KORDI. The future plan on the development of a walking and flying underwater robot is briefly introduced in the paper. Finally, the techniques in need for the AUV are summarized in the points of good maneuverability of a high speed AUV, precise navigation with high reliability and moderate costs, and autonomy & real-time automated CAD/CAC with underwater communication system.