PROJECT TITLE :

Tracking Divers: An Autonomous Marine Surface Vehicle to Increase Diver Safety

ABSTRACT:

Diving could be a high-risk activity thanks to the hazardous environment, dependence on technical equipment for keeps support, complexity of underwater navigation, and limited monitoring from the surface. This text describes a new concept of using an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) as a private satellite that tracks divers, so considerably increasing diving safety. Since the vehicle is on top of the diver the least bit times, acoustic communication with the diver interface in the form of an underwater pill is more efficient and strong, which enhances diver navigation and enables reliable monitoring from the surface. This article focuses on a diver-tracking management structure that uses a diver motion estimator to determine diver position, even in cases when acoustic position measurements are not accessible.