UNIFI DEPT. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF STUDIES OF Florence Dept. of Industrial Engineering

Typhoon AUV – MDM Lab

The Typhoon robot is an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) with operating depth 300 m and cruise speed 5 knots. Typhoon has been funded by Regione Toscana in the framework of the THESAURUS project (2011-2013). Typhoon helps archaeologists in the framework of underwater archaeology campaigns. It is equipped with a SSS (Side-Scan Sonar) used for surveying unknown areas of seabed whether a couple of high-resolution cameras allow to acquire pictures and videos in known sites or sites which appear to be interesting from the analysis of SSS images. An inertial navigation system and an acoustic underwater localization system allow to properly geo-reference the acquired images.