Designing and Manufacturing the control system of an underwater robot

Abstract

As the ocean attracts great attention on environmental issues and resources as well as scientific and military tasks, the need for and use of underwater robotic systems has become more apparent. Underwater robotics represents a fast growing research area and promising industry as advanced technologies in various subsystems develop and potential applicatareas are explored. This project is an attempt to develop a Remotely Operated Vessel (ROV) for underwater exploration. To provide some guidelines this ROV is being developed according to the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) competition requirements, with emphasis on being able to freely improve the dynamics of this particular design. The requirements being attempted include surveying, research, and recovery of objects.Design constraints will primarily be concerned with providing power to the ROV from the surface, maintaining dimensional constraints and being able to reach a predetermined depth. With the growing applications of ROV’s on a daily basis and the scope of their requirements, considerations in the development of this project are being focused towards maintaining a minimal cost and increasing the ability to freely modify the ROV to include other tasks within their potential to assist in reducing the need to invest in multiple ROV.