Resolving subsea navigation, tracking and positioning issues by utilising Smart ROV Control system software

The offshore industry is now moving towards deeper waters, challenging geographical areas and dynamic working environments. This is not only applicable to the offshore oil and gas market, but also marine renewables and more recently, the lucrative industry of subsea mining. These initiatives pull together the best practice and experience from established players in dredging, offshore oil and gas and subsea vehicle manufacture. The increasing demand for reliability, performance and lower costs has spurred the development of subsea vehicle design and control which challenges the norms. Original results are presented for a workclass remotely operated vehicle (WROV) system employing an autonomous control algorithm package.