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Team on 11 March 2008
Students build competing underwater
vehicles
Scorpion Vision software has been selected for the vehicle guidance task in an annual autonomous underwater vehicle contest.
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton is building a machine for an annual competition designed to advance autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology It is hoped this will be achieved by challenging the next generation of engineers and scientists to design and build an AUV and then perform realistic missions in the underwater environment
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 25 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The competition will encourage young engineers and scientists to think about underwater technology and its future possibilities, as well as fostering ties between the students and the organisations involved in AUV technologies.
Scorpion Vision software has been selected for the vehicle guidance task.
Currently being tested on a concept Landbot vehicle, the technology will shortly be transferred to the AUV for trials, in readiness for the competition which takes place in France during July.
Jiazhong Liu, one of the engineers working on the project, says "Scorpion Vision Software is fast, powerful and an excellent image processing technology".
"The Landbot is working well in a complex office environment and is avoiding all obstacles in its path".
The NOC is able to use Scorpion cost-effectively for this difficult and complex task because the vehicle uses Windows XP and image acquisition is carried out using low-cost Unibrain digital cameras interfaced using Microsoft's DirectShow technology, essentially an advanced vision guidance system using off the shelf components.
The industrial vision application has been developed by the NOC engineers with no programming using Scorpions open platform and comprehensive vision toolset.
The National Oceanography Centre is displaying details of this and other projects on their stand at Oceanology International 2008, taking place at ExCel in London from 11th to 13th March, 2008. Request a free brochure from Scorpion Vision ...
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