TEST OF THE DETECTION CAPABILITIES OF A SIDE SCANNING SONAR MOUNTED ON AN AUV

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) a.k.a. underwater drones are subsea vehicles which operate in the underwater environment independently of direct human input. There is a growing interest in underwater data collection by using autonomous underwater vehicles within the oceanographic research community. In this paper, the Iver 2 AUV is examined to accomplish accurate side-scan data while executing well planned missions. Therefore, this papers goal is to collect and process underwater data using the Iver2 AUV configured by the Research Center for Navy and built by Ocean Server during the underwater and surface missions.