An Underwater Robotic System for Sea-bottom Reclamation

摘要

The paper deals with the design and development of a robotic system for sea-bottom reclamation duties required by the environmental protection acts related to dismissed oil plants. The system is conceived through the exploitation of joint issues as for scientific, technological, economic and social aspects, along the challenging track to eco-consistency. The study introduces a modular robotic system composed of: - a reliably tailored set-up: the robotic platform; - a low-impact duty-scheme: the dig-and-saw process; - a safe work-cycle: the remote monitoring and control. The topics are summarized, stressing on the design steps, including the preliminary life-cycle assessments by joining virtual reality tests. Sea trials demonstrated the system effectiveness.