Basic Design for the development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Abstract

The artificial intelligence (AI) is used to automate the operation by taking a decision based on the situation or conditions. It is expected that around 2025, Robotics can move on earth similar to a human and support human society. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in every field to automate the decision-making intelligence to execute the desired operation. Understanding the need and importance of AUV for underwater operation, the authors have identified the need for an AUV for monitoring, search, and rescue operations. During the development of unmanned vehicles, it was identified that the major tasks and key functionalities need to be known to the researchers who want to contribute in this AI domain. The functionalities of AUV are decided by features which can be grouped into six categories as (i) Design of AUV shape (ii) Functionalities (iii) Design of Mechanical and Electrical system (iv) Control system (v) Navigation system (vi) Embedded system/software programming and (vii) Propulsion system. As a researcher, understanding each task or goal is very much needed and useful. Keeping the new researchers' needs in mind, each task has been studied and highlighted the critical issue in each task which was faced in our development process. This paper can encourage many new researchers to do research in the upcoming domain of AUV.