Features of development of laser location systems for underwater robotic systems

Features of development of laser location systems for underwater robotic systems

Valeriy L. Alekseev
Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (RTC), Leading Engineer, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dmitry A. Goryachkin
RTC, Senior Research Scientist, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, tel.: +7(921)924-29-38, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Viktor I. Kuprenyuk
PhD in Physics and Mathematics, RTC, Leading Research Scientist, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Evgeniy N. Sosnov
RTC, Senior Research Scientist, 21, Tikhoretsky pr., Saint Petersburg, 194064, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Received December 21, 2021

Abstract
The main problems of underwater laser ranging, principles of constructing laser location systems (LLS), features of the implementation of LLS of underwater robots are considered. The choice of parameters and components of LLS for underwater robotic systems is substantiated, taking into account the requirements of work in conditions of limited visibility.

Key words
Underwater robot, laser locating system, scanning system, gated LIDAR, data processing system.

Acknowledgements
The work was carried out with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation within the scope of state assignment No. 075-00913-21-03.

DOI
10.31776/RTCJ.10408

Bibliographic description
Alekseev, V.L., Goryachkin, D.A., Kuprenyuk, V.I. and Sosnov, E.N. (2022). Features of development of laser location systems for underwater robotic systems. Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, 10(4), pp.293-303.

UDC identifier:
681.786.23:629.052.3:629.58:007.52

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