неделя, 6 август 2017 г.

Things Everyone Should Know About Unmanned Surface Vehicles

By Lisa Wallace


Another name for these machines is USVs. This new technology is a completely autonomous way to get people out of the driver's seat. This has many implications that could be serious for people's safety, so everyone should do a little bit of research on unmanned surface vehicles.

Anyone who has ever served on a military water craft or anyone who has ever taken an extended boat trip will be able to tell you easily that boats are fun to be on but can be very confining quarters. Now that there is technology that allows us to remove the crews from these vehicles, it is a great thing. This opens up all kinds of new opportunities that just were not there before.

When you study something as vast as the ocean, it can sometimes be a daunting task to compile research and analyze and study it. When you have this new technology on your side, you can make use of it in ways that benefit your research in ways you could never have imagined. Nowadays, oceanographers make use of USVs to take care of a lot of things that used to require an actual human to do.

One of the big benefits of using something like this is the cost savings. It is not difficult to see where are the savings come from, as the main thing that is eliminated from the equation is the people. When you have to hire a crew, you not only have to pay them fairly but you also have to consider things like food and other management issues.

New technology always changes the way that scientific research is conducted, and oceanography is no exception. While weather buoys that are drifting or moored can be fairly useful, they are not nearly as accurate as people would like them to be. A lot of people nowadays prefer to use USVs because they get better results.

The wave glider is one of the many USVs out there. The way that it moves itself across the ocean is by utilizing the natural energy that is contained in the waves themselves, and that is where it gets its name from. It is also equipped with solar cells, which is how it powers up all of its equipment.

There are plenty of USVs which are powered, and those have their own special uses for researchers as well because depending on the type of research that is being conducted, the scientists may need a vehicle that has a little more power behind it. One of the branches of oceanography is known as a hydrographic survey. This is helped out a lot with the advancements made in powered USVs.

The military has a lot that they can do and are doing with these types of vehicles. When you are doing something very dangerous and serious like hunting down a possible mine, you do not want to have people involved and inside the vehicles whenever possible. Now, this is actually completely possible and is sure to continue to save countless lives.




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