Studies of ROV concepts 2021
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Date of publication: 2021
Authors:
Javier Neira, Cristhel Sequeiros, Richard Huamani, Elfer
Machaca, Paola Fonseca, and Wilder Nina Sim
The present research is an effort to make a
walkthrough of evolution in this area, showing a
diversity of structure designs, used materials, sensors,
instrumentation technologies, kinds and the number
of actuators employed, navigation control techniques,
and what is new in development trends.
The paper gives a clear starting point for those who
are initializing into this research area; also, it brings
some helpful knowledge for those who already have
experience.
Date of publication: 2021
Authors:
O.W. Zulkarnain, A.A. M. Redhwan, N. Bahiyah Baba,
M.N. Fadhil, & S. Rosni
The present study explores the underwater remotely
operated vehicle (ROV) control named SelamDrone.
The maneuvering, which includes forward-reverse and
rise-sink control, is designed and developed.
Beforehand, various factors in designing and
fabricating the prototype of underwater ROV, namely
functionality, stability, and motor efficiency, need to be
considered.
Date of publication: 2021
Authors:
Jonatan Scharff Willners, Ignacio Carlucho, Tomasz
Łuczy´nski, Sean Katagiri, Chandler Lemoine, Joshua
Roe, Dylan Stephens, Shida Xu, Yaniel Carreno, `Eric
Pairet, Corina Barbalata, Yvan Petillot, Sen Wang
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are
becoming increasingly crucial for different types of
industrial applications. The generally high cost of AUVs
restricts access to them and therefore advances in
research and technological development. However,
recent advances have led to lower-cost commercially
available Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), which
present a platform that can be enhanced to enable a
high degree of autonomy, similar to that of a high-end
AUV. This article presents how a low-cost commercial-
off-the-shelf ROV can be used as a foundation for
developing versatile and affordable AUVs.
Date of publication: 2021
Authors:
Aviv Elor, Tiff any Thang, Benjamin P. Hughes, Alison
Crosby, Amy Phung, Everardo Gonzalez, Kakani Katija,
Steven H. D. Haddock, Benjamin E. Erwin, Eric J.
Martin, Leila Takayama.
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) are essential to
human-operated underwater expeditions in the deep
sea. However, piloting an ROV to safely interact with
live ecosystems is an expensive and cognitively
demanding task, requiring extensive maneuvering and
situational awareness. Immersive Virtual Reality (VR)
Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) could address some
of these challenges. This paper investigates how VR
HMDs influence operator performance through a
novel telepresence system for piloting ROVs in real-
time.
Date of publication: 2021
Authors:
Kyle L. Walker, Roman Gabl, Simona Aracri, Yu Cao,
Adam A. Stokes, Aristides Kiprakis, Francesco Giorgio-
Serchi.
Predictive control methods can substantially improve
the performance of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
(UUVs), particularly in shallow water environments or
near the free surface where wave-induced
disturbances are of magnitude comparable to the
vehicle's characteristic inertia. Fast estimation of the
time evolution of hydrodynamic forces acting on a
vehicle is required to facilitate the adoption of these
methods. To this end, the authors perform experiments
in a wave tank with an ROV to validate the use of
Linear Wave Theory (LWT) to capture the time history
of the surge, heave, and pitch wave-induced forces
and moments.