DEVELOPMENT OF 3-DIMENSIONAL AUTOMATIC MANOEUVRING ROV

The tethered Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has recently come to have the potential to perform reasonably well as underwater surveyor or work vessel in slower currents. In offshore currents, however, it is very difficult to control its position and attitude only by the operator's manoeuvring because of the motion effects caused by current, reaction of the manipulator, drag force of the tether cable, etc. Without an adequate automatic manoeuvring system, ROVs have severe limitations. By using dynamic position control techniques, the authors have developed a precise three-dimensional automatic manoeuvring ROV with greatly extended capabilities. This ROV was tested in Osaka Bay. The results indicated its excellent performance in automatic manoeuvring including hovering, translation and manual override control modes. The paper describes the system configuration of the manoeuvring system and some of the test results.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Kansai Soc. Nav. Arch. J., (1990) p.121 (No.213, March) [8 p., 3 ref., 14 fig.]
• Authors:
  • Takasugi, N
  • Taniuchi, T
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• Japanese

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Maneuvering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Remotely operated vehicles
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00698224
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM