Title :
AUTOTRACKER: Autonomous inspection — capabilities and lessons learned in offshore operations
Author :
Evans, Jonathan ; Patron, Pedro ; Privat, Benjamin ; Johnson, Nicholas ; Capus, Chris
Author_Institution :
SeeByte Ltd., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents AUTOTRACKER, an autonomous pipeline inspection system that operates as a dynamic mission payload for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The paper describes the mode of operation, together with the validation & trial operations AUTOTRACKER has undertaken over the years, and how this valuable experience has been fed back into the future development of the system.
Keywords :
automatic optical inspection; mobile robots; underwater vehicles; AUTOTRACKER; AUV; autonomous pipeline inspection system; autonomous underwater vehicle; dynamic mission payload; offshore operations; Control systems; Costs; Inspection; Payloads; Pipelines; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface; Sensor systems; Sonar navigation; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2009, MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges
Conference_Location :
Biloxi, MS
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4960-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-933957-38-1
