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Autonomous inspection of subsea telecommunication cables, power cables and pipelines (AUTOTRACKER)

Objetivo

Damage to sub sea cable and pipelines due to free span, anchoring and fishery activities may lead to the shut-down of critical supply or communication lines and, occasionally, to environmental disaster. An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) equipped to undertake inspection of these installations would lead to major improvement in the early detection and prediction of faults. Although AUV systems are now available their main limitation in this role remains that of inadequate target acquisition and tracking capability as well as appropriate obstacle avoidance systems to permit them to fly safely at low altitude. The objectives are to develop systems for tracking sub sea cables and pipelines from an AUV, to develop systems to avoid collision and entanglement when flying at low altitude, to integrate the systems within an AUV and to perform full-scale inspections.

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Régimen de financiación

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinador

HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY
Aportación de la UE
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Dirección
RICCARTON
EH14 4AS EDINBURGH
Reino Unido

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