Title :
Field resident AUV systems — Chevron´s long-term goal for AUV development
Author :
Gilmour, Bill ; Niccum, Grant ; O´Donnell, Tom
Author_Institution :
Subsea Intervention Team, Chevron ETC FE Subsea Unit, Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
The Chevron AUV development program has been running since 2007 with considerable success with a long term goal of deploying Field Resident AUV´s in our subsea operating assets. The paper will describe some of the successes of the program and the approach Chevron is taking to meet its end goal. The main focus will be to elaborate on technology gaps that have been identified and still require closure.
Keywords :
autonomous underwater vehicles; inspection; mobile robots; telerobotics; Chevron AUV development program; Chevron long-term goal; autonomous underwater vehicle; field resident AUV systems; subsea operating assets; technology gaps; Industries; Inspection; Maintenance engineering; Sensors; Sonar; Sonar navigation; Vehicles; AUV; inspection; intervention; resident;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), 2012 IEEE/OES
Conference_Location :
Southampton
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2055-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1522-3167
DOI :
10.1109/AUV.2012.6380718
