@article{GENERAL,
      recid = {7715},
      author = {Bruzzone, G and Odetti, A and Bibuli, M and Caccia, M and  Campana, E F and Lugni, C},
      title = {U-SWATH: An innovative USV design towards the extended  ship},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of iSCSS},
      address = {2018-10-02},
      number = {GENERAL},
      abstract = {Maritime sector is facing a fast increasing in combining  innovative aspects with marine operations especially for  what regards cooperative operations and environmental  monitoring and protection. In this scenario CNR-INM  developed a large size innovative Unmanned Marine Vehicle  (UMV) named U-SWATH (Unmanned Small-waterplane-area twin  hull). The vehicle was studied for extending the unmanned  marine operations both cooperating with a mother ship or  with other unmanned vehicle like UAV (Unmanned Aerial  Vehicle) and UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) also by  providing launch, recovery and reload systems for these  vehicles. Characterised by a modular structure, U-SWATH is  expressly addressed to multi-purpose applications that  include sampling and monitoring of environmental parameters  in coastal, protected and dangerous waters,seabed mapping  and monitoring, chemical-biological on-board analysis,  first emergency monitoring for oil-spill, patrolling and  civil protection, testing of new technologies and  tools.

The use of high-tech like U-SWATH is nowadays  considered a need for both ordinary and uncommon operations  at sea. The envision for U-SWATH is to enhance precision in  data collection and increase their spatial resolution with  a reduction of the costs of the surveys.

For this reason a  SWATH non-conventional design was chosen to ensure  excellent seakeeping and good efficiency thus increasing  the time and precision of the surveys. To increase the  flexibility of U-SWATH each of the two submersible hulls is  composed of modular and interchangeable elements that can  be outfitted with different payloads, equipment, propulsive  or manoeuvring elements. An innovative navigation and  guidance control was studied in combination with a  propulsion layout based on new azimuthal thrusters to  increase the survey ability and the cooperation abilities.},
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/7715},
}