Data logging for autonomous surface craft (ASC)

Abstract

Autonomous surface crafts (ASC) are widely used for scientific research in marine

environments. In many situations, these ASCs are equipped with underwater sensors

that aid both autonomous navigation and mapping tasks.

The first Autonomous Surface Craft (ASC) was developed since 1993 by researchers

in MIT Sea Grant College Program. As researcher continuously exploring for new

technology, a low cost Autonomous surface craft (ASC) named SCOUT was produce

by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA during the summer of

2004.SCOUT is a Marine Robotics that is use for experiments at NTU and Gemini 720i

Multi-Beam Sonar is one such sensor that is recently purchased for underwater

sensing.