Abstract
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) „ABYSS“ is a modular AUV designed to survey the ocean combining geophysical studies of the seafloor with oceanographic investigations of the overlying water column. The basic mission of ABYSS is deep-sea exploration, specifically in volcanically and tectonically active parts, such as mid-ocean ridges. With a maximum mission depth of 6000 meters, the AUV uses several technologies to map the seafloor accurately and determine its geological structure with applications from geology to biology to mineral exploration.
Highlights
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) ABYSS was built in 2008 by the US company HYDROID and was funded by the German Research Foundation
The AUV ABYSS glides close to the ocean oor with a speed of up to four knots while autonomously avoiding obstacles
It can be deployed from all middle to large research vessels (Figure 1) and uses a specially designed Launch and Recovery System (LARS) for lowering it o the side or stern of a vessel
Summary
The AUV ABYSS was built in 2008 by the US company HYDROID and was funded by the German Research Foundation. The torpedo-shaped autonomous underwater vehicle maps areas of the sea oor in high resolution using its various sonars (Haase et al, 2009; Hensen et al, 2015; Speckbacher et al, 2011, 2012; Yeo et al, 2016). It can collect data from the water column with its physical sensors (Tippenhauer et al, 2015). Scientists to recognize, for example, volcanoes on the sea oor or ore deposits
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