Objective The objective of TAURUS is to develop the robotic technology for an autonomous underwater vehicle capable of the cost-effective servicing of sub-sea structures (pipelines, wellheads, platforms) in water depths of up to 2300 meters. The approach will be based on the integration of existing techniques and equipment for sensor processing and fusion of stereo video and sonar data, task-level planning, user interfaces, positioning, obstacle avoidance, and guidance and control all according to a functional architecture specification designed to address the service mission. The resulting systems will be installed on an existing remotely operated vehicle (ROV) able to carry the sensor payload; open-water trials for finding and docking to a wellhead will also be conducted. A demonstrator will be developed to evaluate the new techniques under real conditions in a shore-base adjacent to the Kentree Workshop in Ireland. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator BP INTERNATIONAL LTD Address Chertsey road TW16 7LN Sunbury on thames United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Comex technologie SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Boulevard des océans 13275 Marseille See on map Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA) Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale regina margherita 125 00148 Roma See on map Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Riccarton EH14 4AS Edinburgh See on map KENTREE Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kilbrittain Co cork See on map Tecnomare SpA - Società per lo sviluppo delle tecnologie marine Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address San marco 3584 30124 Venezia See on map
