Control system of a novel underwater vehicle for global ocean science to the deepest ocean

Author

Biao Wang ; Chao Wu ; Tong Ge

Author_Institution

Sch. of Naval Archit., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2013

Firstpage

7268

Lastpage

7272

Abstract

A new remotely operated underwater vehicle-a hybrid ROV capable of working to the full depth of the ocean (11000m) has been developed. The battery powered vehicle operates in two modes. Basically, the vehicle is predominately operated fully remotely and video controlled via a light fiber optic cable. In a critical situation the fiber optic cable will be disconnected and the vehicle should switch automatically into the autonomous mode, returning to surface for recovery. If appropriate, the vehicle can also be used as a pre-programmed AUV for broad area survey from beginning. This paper presents the control system architecture of the vehicle including hardware and software. Also the lake trial and the full ocean depth simulation test are reported for verification of the effectiveness of the whole system.

Keywords

autonomous underwater vehicles; optical cables; autonomous mode; battery powered vehicle; broad area survey; control system architecture; deepest ocean; depth 11000 m; full ocean depth simulation test; global ocean science; hybrid ROV; light fiber optic cable; pre-programmed AUV; remotely operated underwater vehicle; underwater vehicle control system; Computer architecture; Control systems; Hardware; Navigation; Oceans; Optical fibers; Vehicles; control system; distributed; full ocean depth; hybrid ROV; redundant;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (CCC), 2013 32nd Chinese

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Type

conf

Filename

6640716