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Development of Modular Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Research and Education

Mobile robots are used for years as a valuable educational and research tool in form of available open-platform designs and Do-It- Yourself kits. Rapid development and costs reduction of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) and ground based mobile robots in recent years allowed researchers and students to utilize them as an affordable education platform. Despite of recent developments in the area of ground and airborne robotics, only few examples of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) platforms targeted for educational and research purposes can be found. Aim of this paper is to present development of opendesign USV drone with integrated multi-level control hardware architecture. Catamaran type surface drone is planned to be utilized as a research and education platform for students, where various control algorithms, communication interfaces and sensor payloads can be implemented and tested. Proposed USV enables autonomous navigation or direct control over wireless radio link, separate development of algorithms for optimal propulsion control, navigation and communication with the ground- based control station. Whole design is planned to be highly modular, where each component can be replaced or modified according to desired task, payload or environmental conditions.

unmanned surface vehicle, control system, mobile robotics

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