Ocean Resources

I Subsea Work Systems.- 1 Advances in Marine Robotics Technologies - Strategic Applications and Programs.- 2 Design Considerations for Underwater Robotics Systems.- 3 Control Capabilities of JASON and its Manipulator.- 4 Subsea Work Environment for Submersibles.- 5 The Japanese Manganese Nodule Mining System.- 6 Seabed Sampling with an Expendable Acoustic Penetrometer System.- 7 A Site-Specific Sampling System for EEZ Hard Mineral Deposits.- 8 Development of Unmanned Submersibles for Underwater Operations in Japan.- II Acoustic Sensors and Telemetry.- 9 High-Frequency Commercial Sonars: A Survey of Performance Capabilities.- 10 U.U.V. Acoustic Sensors.- 11 ATS System Theory and Test Results.- 12 Long and Short Range Multipath Propagation Models for Use in the Transmission of High-Speed Data through Underwater Channels.- 13 Features of Beamsteering and Equalization When Applied to Hydroacoustic Communication.- 14 Underwater Acoustics for Submersibles.- III Subsea Automation Technology.- 15 Underwater Optical Surveying and Mapping - Transferred Research Effort Strengthens Ocean Technology Development.- 16 Automated Processing and Interpretation of Sensory Data for Deep Ocean Resource Development.- 17 Recent Advances in Accurate Underwater Mapping and Inspection Techniques.- 18 Subsea Communications for Semi-Autonomous ROVs.- 19 Technology Transfers in Underwater Acoustics: Commonality Between Ocean and Naval Systems Applied in Undersea Warfare and Hydrocarbon Markets.- IV Future Technology Requirements.- 20 The Importance of Ocean Development to Newly Industrialised Countries and Less Developed Countries.- 21 Future Ocean Engineering, Subsea Work Systems and Technology Requirements as Related to Ocean Resource Development.