Balloon AUV: Seawater Sampling AUV Using Active Buoyancy Control

Abstract

A significant amount of waste has been thrown into the ocean, and the debris from the waste has been sunken into the deep sea. So we proposed an autonomous underwater vehicle to collect water-quality data in deep water and sample water in the area which pollution level is high. The AUV has a system designed to sample water while maintaining its buoyancy and can bring water from the polluted area with less power. Also, the AUV can collect data along depth efficiently using active buoyancy control. © 2018 IEEE.