• DocumentCode
    1621465
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5422339
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1621465