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| Telerobotics - Basics |
| Manipulators- Robot Arms |
| Work Class ROV |
| Eyeball Class ROV |
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The
Work Class system consists of a set of large assemblies, some of which
are seen here ready for mobilisation on a suitable deployment vessel.
This is a 2000m rated, free-swimming system with a steel armoured
umbilical. It takes 3 of the 40-foot trailers seen here to transport
this ROV system. |
| Although
the actual Robot is a compact unit, the equipment needed to control,
deploy and maintain it can be many tens of tons in weight. Indeed,
as the ROV weight increases so does that of its handling equipment,
as does its hydrodynamic drag and consequently its required Horse
Power - a relationship often missed by less experienced designers.The
deeper the water it is designed for means more umbilical and a larger
and more powerful winch . The deck layout shown here is for a free-swimming
ROV with around 1000m max depth rating - To go deeper a tether management
system is often required, and then the deployment equipment size increases
yet again. Therefore the depth/drag equation must be considered very
early in the design process. |
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