Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer

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Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer
Depthx.jpg
Ship data
Commissioning 2006
Ship dimensions and crew
length
2.13 m ( Lüa )
width 2.13 m
displacement 1.35 t

The Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer , DEPTHX for short , is an unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle that was used for exploring underwater cave systems, known as cenotes , in 2007 in Zacatón , Mexico .

The diving robot

The approximately 1.35 ton underwater robot has a diameter of 2.13 meters and is 1.52 meters high. It was built in 2006 in a cooperation program between NASA , Stone Aerospace and American and Mexican universities such as the University of Texas at Austin and Carnegie Mellon University and for field tests from January to May 2007 in central Mexico in water depths of well over 200 meters for surveying and Scouting dives used. On the technology support diverse were sensor packages and 3D-Navigation and mapping technologies tested. DEPTHX was also used to research techniques that could be used for future land missions in space travel , e.g. B. on Jupiter's moon Europa and for the development of hydrobots and cryobots for astrobiological experiments, could be of importance.

ENDURANCE

A further development based on DepthX is the diving robot ENDURANCE ( Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer ). Funding came from a NASA research program, Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP). In a cooperation between NASA Ames , Stone Aerospace, University of Illinois at Chicago , Montana State University , the AUV was used in the Antarctic as part of the United States Antarctic Program . In 2008 and 2009, the unmanned diving device collected samples and created a bathymetric map of Lake Bonney . Participating scientists were u. a. Peter T. Doran and Christopher McKay .

literature

  • William C. Stone: DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF A 3D AUTONOMOUS SUBTERRANEAN SUBMARINE EXPLORATION VEHICLE. International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST), Durham 2007, Abstract , online (PDF, English, 18 pages, accessed on December 29, 2010).
  • George Kantor: Experiments in Navigation and Mapping with a Hovering AUV. in: Christian Laugier: Field and Service Robotics. Springer, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-75403-9 , pp. 115ff., Preview .
  • Peter T. Doran: Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer (ENDURANCE). American Geophysical Union, 2007, Abstract , Preview (PDF).

Web links

Footnotes

  1. Mexican Sinkhole May Lead NASA to Jupiter washingtonpost.com, May 2007, accessed December 25, 2010
  2. ^ William C. Stone: DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF A 3D AUTONOMOUS SUBTERRANEAN SUBMARINE EXPLORATION VEHICLE. International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST), Durham, 2007 Abstract ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , online  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, English, 18 pages, accessed on December 29, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / auvac.org@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / auvac.org  
  3. AUV Platform Fact Sheet-DEPTHX ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. auvac.org @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / auvac.org
  4. Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer frc.ri.cmu.edu
  5. DEPTHX DEep Phreatic THermal eXplorer stoneaerospace.com, accessed September 1, 2017
  6. DEPTHX: Zacaton - Mission 1 begins ( Memento from January 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  7. DEPTHX Tests the Waters for Future Exploration of Europe ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. astrobiology.nasa.gov, accessed December 26, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / astrobiology.nasa.gov
  8. ENDURANCE-Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. stoneaerospace.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stoneaerospace.com
  9. Endurance @ evl.uic.edu (accessed on February 5, 2011)
  10. Exploring Beneath Antarctic Ice April 4, 2010, ASTEP ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. nasa.gov, accessed February 5, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ranier.hq.nasa.gov
  11. ENDURANCE Images ( memento of the original from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. montana.edu @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.homepage.montana.edu
  12. NASA Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer (ENDURANCE) possibly uic.edu; ENDURANCE: Antarctica 2009 Mission Begins ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. stoneaerospace.com, accessed February 7, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stoneaerospace.com