1 / 6

State of the Art Underwater Robotics

State of the Art Underwater Robotics. Ross Doak Adam Garvie Gareth Henry Xavier Herpe Daniel McCaskell. Background. Oil and Gas industry ROV’s (Remotely Operated Vehicles) High degree of manoeuvrability/precision Robust Ability to work in inhospitable environments

sunee
Download Presentation

State of the Art Underwater Robotics

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. State of the Art Underwater Robotics Ross Doak Adam Garvie Gareth Henry Xavier Herpe Daniel McCaskell

  2. Background • Oil and Gas industry • ROV’s (Remotely Operated Vehicles) • High degree of manoeuvrability/precision • Robust • Ability to work in inhospitable environments • Resources less easily accessible • Requires more R&D • Requires more advanced ROV’s

  3. Current Projects: Schilling Robotics • HD – Heavy duty work class ROV • Inspection, Maintenance, Repair and Drill Support • UHD – Ultra Heavy Duty • Lifting and Positioning of subsea equipment • Surveying operations • XE-TMS – Extended Excursion Tether Management System • Cable Spooling

  4. Current Projects: SOLO-TREC • Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangrian Observer Thermal RECharging • Joint development by NASA, US Navy and Scripp’s Institute of Oceanography • Thermal Recharging • Power its own communications/navigation systems • Can remain submerged indefinitely • Conducting climate and marine life studies

  5. Future Projects • Festo AG, Germany • Automation specialists • R&D on biologically inspired robotics • AquaPenguin • Fully automated • Extremely Hydrodynamic shape • Sensor array for orientation/navigation • AquaJelly • Fully automated Jellyfish robot • Ability to communicate with other AquaJelly’s • Exhibits an emergent form of swarm behaviour

  6. Conclusion • Designed and programmed to achieve purpose -Complex tasks -range of various environments • Safety and precision - Volatile - landmines • The future - More lifelike - Safer and more efficient http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/9777_10388.htm#id_10388 Any Questions?

More Related