Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water Columns

The hydrosphere contains large amounts of suspended particulate material, including living and non-living material that can be found in different compositions and concentrations, and that can be composed of particles of different sizes. The study of this particulate material along water columns play...

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Main Authors:	Roemi Fernández, Andrey Apalkov, Manuel Armada
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Series:	Sensors
Subjects:	water column sampling monitoring underwater robotic platforms profiler accurate vertical positioning
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/9/1378

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spelling	doaj-160a7868979b4a74a9213e2e5093f7052020-11-25T01:48:49ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202016-08-01169137810.3390/s16091378s16091378Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water ColumnsRoemi Fernández0Andrey Apalkov1Manuel Armada2Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) CSIC-UPM, Carretera de Campo Real, Km. 0,200, La Poveda, Arganda del Rey, Madrid 28500, SpainCentre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) CSIC-UPM, Carretera de Campo Real, Km. 0,200, La Poveda, Arganda del Rey, Madrid 28500, SpainCentre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) CSIC-UPM, Carretera de Campo Real, Km. 0,200, La Poveda, Arganda del Rey, Madrid 28500, SpainThe hydrosphere contains large amounts of suspended particulate material, including living and non-living material that can be found in different compositions and concentrations, and that can be composed of particles of different sizes. The study of this particulate material along water columns plays a key role in understanding a great variety of biological, chemical, and physical processes. This paper presents the conceptual design of two patented robotic platforms that have been conceived for carrying out studies of water properties at desired depths with very high accuracy in the vertical positioning. One platform has been specially designed for operating near to a reservoir bottom, while the other is intended to be used near the surface. Several experimental tests have been conducted in order to validate the proposed approaches.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/9/1378water columnsamplingmonitoringunderwater robotic platformsprofileraccurate vertical positioning
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author_facet	Roemi Fernández Andrey Apalkov Manuel Armada
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title	Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water Columns
title_short	Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water Columns
title_full	Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water Columns
title_fullStr	Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water Columns
title_full_unstemmed	Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water Columns
title_sort	novel robotic platforms for the accurate sampling and monitoring of water columns
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Sensors
issn	1424-8220
publishDate	2016-08-01
description	The hydrosphere contains large amounts of suspended particulate material, including living and non-living material that can be found in different compositions and concentrations, and that can be composed of particles of different sizes. The study of this particulate material along water columns plays a key role in understanding a great variety of biological, chemical, and physical processes. This paper presents the conceptual design of two patented robotic platforms that have been conceived for carrying out studies of water properties at desired depths with very high accuracy in the vertical positioning. One platform has been specially designed for operating near to a reservoir bottom, while the other is intended to be used near the surface. Several experimental tests have been conducted in order to validate the proposed approaches.
topic	water column sampling monitoring underwater robotic platforms profiler accurate vertical positioning
url	http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/9/1378
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Novel Robotic Platforms for the Accurate Sampling and Monitoring of Water Columns

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