List of contributors, Foreword, Introduction, Abbreviations and acronyms, 1. Distributed Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Development—Issues and Applications, 2. Power Sources for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, 3. Autonomous Buoyancy-driven Underwater Gliders, 4. Solar Powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, 5. Advanced Materials and their Influence on the Structural Design of AUVs, 6. Docking Systems, 7. Propulsion Systems for AUVs, 8. AUV Tasks in the Offshore Industry, 9. Multidisciplinary Ocean Science Applications of an AUV: The Autosub Science Missions Programme, 10. Defence Applications for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, 11. Detailed Seabed Surveys with AUVs, 12. AUVs for Surveys in Complex Environments, 13. Cargo Carrying AUVs, 14. Semi-submersible AUVs, 15. AUV Sensors for Marine Research, 16. Logistics, Risks and Procedures Concerning Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, 17. The Legal Regime Governing the Operation of AUVs, References, Index

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