Development of an ROV operated both as towed and self-propulsive vehicle

Masahiko Nakamura; Hiroyuki Kajiwara; Wataru Koterayama

doi:10.1016/S0029-8018(99)00058-X

Development of an ROV operated both as towed and self-propulsive vehicle

Masahiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kajiwara, Wataru Koterayama

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A remote-operated vehicle (ROV) developed for investigations of the sea bottom over a wide area can be operated as both a towed and a self-propulsive vehicle. Called DELTA, the shape is similar to that of a delta-wing aircraft. The vehicle has two propellers and weight shift apparatus as actuators. The paper describes the design of the control system for the vehicle. Non-linear motion equations of the towing cable and DELTA are discussed, followed by a description of the LQI control system and robust control based on H∞ control. Depth control performance was improved by the robust controller. Some successful experimental results are shown. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-43
Number of pages	43
Journal	Ocean Engineering
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0029-8018(99)00058-X
Publication status	Published - Jan 2001

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Environmental Engineering
Ocean Engineering

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