Development of Compact Deep-Sea Monitoring Robot System “TAM-EGG 1”

摘要

National Maritime Research Institute, in cooperation with severalrnresearch organizations, carried out a study about developing a Deep-rnSea Monitoring Robot System for investigation of sunken ships in deeprnsea. This system is consisted of a launcher and a small vehicle, and itrnhas an advantage of both AUV and ROV. The launcher with a smallrnvehicle descends by gravity, and controls its rudders for approaching torna target point. The launcher can correspond with the mother ship byrnusing optical fiber cable. Just before reach the sea bottom, a launcherrnreleases an anchor, launches the vehicle. The vehicle receives therncommand and transmits the image through the launcher by using thernhigh-speed acoustic telecommunication system. We made a prototypernof the vehicle, and a model of the launcher, and carried out thernexperiments in the deep-sea basin to confirm its efficiencyrnexperimentally. The high-speed acoustic telecommunication systemrnwas also completed, and was examined at sea. This paper will describernabout the outline of these studies.