Safety providing during testing of autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles for military and special purposes

Eugeniy A. Antokhin^*
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Main Robotics Research and Test Center, Head of Research and Test Department, 5, Seregina ul., Moscow, 125167, Russia, tel.: +7(962)984-65-17, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Vadim K. Islamov
Doctor of Technical Science, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Main Robotics Research and Test Center, Senior Research Scientist, 5, Seregina ul., Moscow, 125167, Russia,
tel.: +7(962)984-65-17, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Nikolay V. Tikhonov
JSC «AQUAMARIN», Chief designer for experimental development, 17-A, Barrikadnaya ul., Saint-Petersburg, PO Box 103, 198097, Russia, tel.: +7(812)329-26-90 (extension number 1020), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Roman V. Kovalenko
Military Innovative Technopolis ERA (MIT ERA), Head of Testing Laboratory, 28, Pionersky pr., Anapa, Krasnodar region, 353456, Russia, tel.: +7(916)027-88-77, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Received 07 July 2019

Abstract
The article provides an analytical review of possible critical failures and their effects taking place during testing of autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles for military and special purposes. A list of possible measures for ensuring safe testing is proposed as a result of the analysis.

Key words
Autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles for military and special purposes, safety measures for testing, critical failures; dangerous situations during testing.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31776/RTCJ.7403 

Bibliographic description
Antokhin, E., Islamov, V., Tikhonov, N. and Kovalenko, R. (2019). Safety providing during testing of autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles for military and special purposes. Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, 7(4), pp.270-277.

UDC identifier:
623.827:007.52

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