Autonomous Mobile Robotic System for Environment Monitoring in a Coastal Zone

Abstract

Definition of optimum conditions for monitoring coastal zones, especially for the places which are poorly provided with supervision, belongs to one of important tasks of the forecast of marine natural disasters. The project includes the development of technology for monitoring and forecasting the state of environment of a coastal zone by autonomous mobile robotic system (AMRS). The structural composition of the robotic complex for coastal zone monitoring is presented. The special modular design of the AMRS chassis for functioning in various climatic and landscape conditions is described. Information of monitoring system, positioning system, meteorological system, vehicle control and obstacles detection system is also given within the paper. The results of the first field tests of the AMRS on the coast of the Okhotsk Sea are presented.