| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N39203/01 |
| Title: |
IMPROVES: IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sutton, Professor R |
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| Department: |
Mechanical & Marine Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Plymouth |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
02 April 2001 |
Ends: |
01 June 2004 |
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143,099
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Control Engineering |
Robotics & Autonomy |
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Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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Remotely operated vehicles are the predominant underwater vessels employed offshore, but changes in vehicle configuration and mission requirements, coupled with controllers which tend to be based upon fixed parameters, results in suboptimal operating performance. Tuning and retuning of controllers is a very significant, time consuming and costly problem for the industry. Suboptimal and changing dynamic performance, coupled with the limited capability for fault tolerance, poses considerable strain on the pilot who, when flying the vehicle over changing lengths of tether has additionally to contend with variable time delays in communication.This proposal addresses the design, implementation and evaluation of new, robust, predictive and autotuning schemes for vehicle control coupled with on-line fault detection and handling subsystems which will increase the reliability and utilisation of ROVs. The generic elements should be transportable to other types of remotely piloted vehicles and human-machine systems.
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http://www.plym.ac.uk |