A Novel Approach for Underwater Vehicle Localization and Communication Based on Laser Reflection.

Shijun Wu, Puzhe Zhou, Canjun Yang, Yushi Zhu, Hui Zhi

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Shijun WuState Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. bluewater@zju.edu.cn.

Puzhe ZhouState Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. puzhezhou@zju.edu.cn.

Canjun YangState Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. ycj@zju.edu.cn.

Yushi ZhuState Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. zhuyushi@zju.edu.cn.

Hui ZhiState Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. cheyir63278@163.com.

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National High Technology Research and Development Program of China 2014AA09A513

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Abstract

This study presents a device for tracking, locating and communicating underwater vehicles as they work near the seabed. The system includes a base station placed on the seabed and a reflective module mounted on a hybrid underwater profiler (HUP). The base station localizes and communicates with the HUP working near the seabed based on laser reflections of corner cube retroreflectors. A tracking method based on the particle filter algorithm is then presented. Localization is performed using the least-squares method with refraction compensation. Lost tracking links are retrieved via a recovering approach based on the interpolation method. Finally, a communication method using a modulating retroreflector installed on the reflection module is proposed. The proposed tracking, localization, and communication approach provides higher localization accuracy with lower power consumption at low cost compared with the commonly used acoustic methods. The effectiveness of the proposed approach was clarified via tracking, localization, and communication experiments.

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communicationcorner cube retroreflectorlaser reflectionlocalizationmodulating retroreflectortracking

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PMID31096700

DOI10.3390/s19102253

PMCPMC6567361

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