Abstract
An autonomous underwater vehicle for mine reconnaissance is currently being developed by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. The system will detect and accurately locate mine-like objects through a systematic, autonomous survey of an area of interest. Multibeam echo sounder data from various dummy mine objects have been collected during several sea trials with HUGIN and other platforms. These real sensor data have been used for evaluation of sensor performance and for developing algorithms for automatic object enhancement and detection. The mine reconnaissance concept will be demonstrated early 2001 with a HUGIN vehicle carrying a minimal mine detection sensor configuration consisting of a side-scan sonar and a multibeam echo sounder. The sensor suite, together with the level of adaptive behaviour, will be upgraded in later versions.
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