A REACTIVE OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE

Abstract This paper presents a reactive/local level of an Obstacle Avoidance System for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The specific requirements of the underwater world, the computational capacity and the sensors of the vehicle as well as its manoeuvrability were considered by the choice and the development of strategies used. Such requirements include the sea current information, the consideration of moving objects and the constrained view of sonar.