Advanced tele-autonomous systems: the wireless future of marine mining.

The telerobotics laboratory of Canada's Laurentian University is developing an optical control system for use in submarine exploration and mining. The paper describes its current research into the development of a high-bandwidth optical communication system using LED-based omni- directional transceivers, including field testing in a floating laboratory in a lake near Sudbury.
The telerobotics laboratory of Canada's Laurentian University is developing an optical control system for use in submarine exploration and mining. The paper describes its current research into the development of a high-bandwidth optical communication system using LED-based omni- directional transceivers, including field testing in a floating laboratory in a lake near Sudbury.