Design of an Autonomous ROV for Marine Growth Inspection and Cleaning

Christian Mai; Malte Von Benzon; Fredrik F. Sorensen; Sigurd S. Klemmensen; Simon Pedersen; Jesper Liniger

doi:10.1109/AUV53081.2022.9965928

Design of an Autonomous ROV for Marine Growth Inspection and Cleaning

Christian Mai^*, Malte Von Benzon, Fredrik F. Sorensen, Sigurd S. Klemmensen, Simon Pedersen, Jesper Liniger

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Abstract

Marine growth affects offshore structures, causing additional weight and roughened surfaces, increasing wave load. In order to reduce these issues, regular inspection and cleaning can be carried out using various methods, of which one is Remotely Operated Vehicle-based (ROV) operations. In the work presented here, the design of a task-specific ROV for marine-growth cleaning is described, which is differentiated from the normal general-purpose ROVs currently used for this purpose by specialized construction and the use of a simple yet flexible framework. Compared to existing solutions, the proposed framework requires limited low-level programming, which heavily simplifies the implementation and thus reduces the associated practical overhead. The presented ROV prototype design has been demonstrated in a test tank facility and will be validated in an offshore scenario in a future offshore campaign.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Symposium, AUV 2022
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Publication date	2022
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665416894
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AUV53081.2022.9965928
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2022 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Symposium, AUV 2022 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 19 Sept 2022 → 21 Sept 2022

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Conference	2022 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Symposium, AUV 2022
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	19/09/2022 → 21/09/2022

Series	IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Symposium (AUV)
ISSN	2377-6536

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Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank for the support from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP) via the ”ACOMAR – Auto Compact Marine Growth Remover” project (J.No. 64020-1093). Thanks also go to our project partners SubC Partner, Sihm Højtryk, Mati2ilt, Total E&P Denmark and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and our colleagues from Aalborg University, for many valuable discussions and technical support.

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© 2022 IEEE.

Keywords

Automation
Cleaning
Construction
Design
Inspection
Marine Growth
ROV
Underwater Robotics
UUV

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