Launch, Dive, and Recovery of Two-bodied Deep-sea Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, HEMIRE and HENUVY

Abstract

This paper presents the operational concepts of the UUV which was developed in MOERI-KORDI (Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute-Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute) and the results of its sea-trials in the East Sea and in the Philippine Sea. After introducing the specifications of the UUV and the support vessel, we present the operational procedure for the two-bodied UUV. This paper finally proposes a method for enhancement on an automatic vehicle operation for the UUV.