Courtney K Richmond

US Patent:

20100005857, Jan 14, 2010

Filed:

Apr 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/796741

Inventors:

Hong Zhang - Metuchen NJ, US
Ying Tang - Glassboro NJ, US
Patricia Mosto - Pitman NJ, US
Courtney E. Richmond - Glassboro NJ, US

Assignee:

Rowan University - Glassboro NJ

International Classification:

G01C 13/00
G01W 1/14
G01N 19/10
B01J 19/00
G01R 29/00

US Classification:

73 2902, 7317029, 7317017, 422 681, 324722

Abstract:

An Interactive Mobile Aquatic Probing and Surveillance system. The system includes a remote aquatic or amphibious agent which is controlled by a typically land-based computer host. The agent is a field robot in the form of a comparatively small and inexpensive, untethered, self-propelled, aquatic or amphibious, non-submersible vehicle that preferably carries physical and water characteristic sensors, as well as other operational equipment for use on relatively small bodies of water and wetlands. The host interacts with a human operator and provides control commands to and receives data from the agent in real time via a wireless communication between the agent and the host. The control commands include guidance commands including navigational and propulsion commands as well as commands for operating the sensors and various other equipment carried by the agent.