The next step in the design of unmanned free- swimming submersibles should 

 incorporate some more advanced form of artificial intelligence. As visual 

 sensors are added to the EAVE WEST submersible, consideration should be given 

 to the derivation of control information from these sensors by the vehicle 

 computer. Scene analysis techniques or perhaps image processing of the video 

 signal should help make this possible. The vehicle has proven itself to be a 

 fairly reliable versatile testbed. It is easily adaptable to the test and 

 evaluation of a wide variety of artificial intelligence concepts and it is 

 recommended that work continue in this area. 



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