Publications

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Underwater vehicle, expansion recovery system for underwater vehicle, and expansion recovery method for underwater vehicle
Kenji Nagahashi, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Kagami, Takeshi Oki, Takeshi Nakatani, Yuya Nishida, Blair Thornton, Kotohiro Masuda & Kazunori Nagano, 2020
Type: patent
Quantitative in situ mapping of elements in deep-sea hydrothermal vents using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and multivariate analysis
Tomoko Takahashi, Blair Thornton, Soichi Yoshino, Tetsuo Sakka, Koichi Ohki, Toshihiko Ohki, Tatsuo Nozaki & Yutaro Takaya, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 158
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103232
Type: article
Development and testing of an unmanned surface towing system for autonomous transport of multiple heterogeneous underwater vehicles for seafloor survey
Takeshi Ohki, Hitoshi Kakami, Yuya Nishida, Takeshi Nakatani & Blair Thornton, 2020, Marine Technology Society Journal, 54(5), 61-71
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.54.5.10
Type: article
Application of SeaXerocks on habitat mapping for the deep-sea megabenthos around cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in Arnold Guyot of the northwestern Pacific - from the perspective of "whale's eye view"
A. Iguchi, R. Miwa, T. Koike, M. Ohhara, H. Sugishima, H. Yokooka, T. Fukuhara, M. Suzumura, A. Tsukasaki, Y. Tanaka, N. Iwasaki, B. Thornton, T. Fujii, S. Kato, Y. Igarashi, N. Okamoto & A. Suzuki, 2019
Type: conference
Unmanned diving machine, acoustic communication system, and program
Akihiko Nishitani, Junichi Kojima, Takeshi Nakatani, Takeshi Oki, Yuya Nishida & Blair Thornton, 2019
Type: patent
Deploying device for underwater vessel, towing device, deploying system for underwater vessel, and deploying method for underwater vessel
Kenji Nagahashi, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Kagami, Takeshi Oki, Takeshi Nakatani, Yuya Nishida, Blair Thornton, Kotohiro Masuda & Kazunori Nagano, 2019
Type: patent
Recovery device for underwater vessel, towing device, recovery system for underwater vessel, and recovery method for underwater vessel
Kenji Nagahashi, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Kagami, Takeshi Oki, Takeshi Nakatani, Yuya Nishida, Blair Thornton, Kotohiro Masuda & Kazunori Nagano, 2019
Type: patent