TY - GEN
T1 - Precision navigation sensors facilitate full auto pilot control of smart ROV for ocean energy applications
AU - Toal, Daniel
AU - Omerdic, Edin
AU - Dooly, Gerard
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A Smart Remotely Operated Vehicle, ROV Latis designed as a prototype test bed for operation such as the challenging role of ocean engineering support in wave and tidal energy development is presented in this paper. With state of the art navigation sensors/instruments the vehicle can achieve precision navigation and positioning sub sea and this capability has been utilised within automatic control functionality and autopilot control systems developed and trialed on ROV Latis and not available in commercial ocean ROV technology. This paper describes the vehicle's many novel design features: sensor and control systems, autopilot systems, station keeping, fully automatic way point navigation, rapid auto tuning when ROV configuration or payload is changed, fully automatic fault tolerant thruster control with redundancy. The paper also introduces the transparent ocean immersive augmented reality pilot control environment.
AB - A Smart Remotely Operated Vehicle, ROV Latis designed as a prototype test bed for operation such as the challenging role of ocean engineering support in wave and tidal energy development is presented in this paper. With state of the art navigation sensors/instruments the vehicle can achieve precision navigation and positioning sub sea and this capability has been utilised within automatic control functionality and autopilot control systems developed and trialed on ROV Latis and not available in commercial ocean ROV technology. This paper describes the vehicle's many novel design features: sensor and control systems, autopilot systems, station keeping, fully automatic way point navigation, rapid auto tuning when ROV configuration or payload is changed, fully automatic fault tolerant thruster control with redundancy. The paper also introduces the transparent ocean immersive augmented reality pilot control environment.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856850479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127381
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127381
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84856850479
SN - 9781424492886
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
SP - 1897
EP - 1900
BT - IEEE Sensors 2011 Conference, SENSORS 2011
T2 - 10th IEEE SENSORS Conference 2011, SENSORS 2011
Y2 - 28 October 2011 through 31 October 2011
ER -
