FOCUS-a versatile, stable, controllable towed sensor platform

Author

Huntington, Douglas R.

Author_Institution

Underwater Technol., MacArtney A/S, Esberg, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

13-16 Sep 1994

Abstract

Reviews the design of FOCUS (Fibre Optic Controlled Underwater System) ROTV system. The range of applications of FOCUS which broadly fall into the categories of oceanographic, hydrographic and geophysical survey are reviewed. These applications include seabed survey, pipeline inspection, fisheries research, cable and pipeline location, physical oceanography, photographic surveys and geophysical survey. The first FOCUS system was the FOCUS 300 which was delivered by MacArtney A/S to the Danish Fisheries Technology Institute in 1989. Since then FOCUS systems have been supplied to Geoteam Ltd., Svitzer Britsurvey, Scantron Ltd. and Subsea Surveys Ltd. in the UK

Keywords

geophysical equipment; object detection; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; FOCUS≫M; Fibre Optic Controlled Underwater System; Focus; ROTV; controllable towed sensor platform; fisheries; geophysical measurement technique; ocean sea; pipeline inspection; seabed survey; Aquaculture; Control systems; Fiber optics; Inspection; Marine technology; Optical control; Optical design; Optical fiber cables; Pipelines; Underwater cables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings

Conference_Location

Brest

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2056-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1994.363879

Filename

363879