From SIRENE to SWIMMER― Supervised Unmanned Vehicles: Operational Feedback from Science to Industry

摘要

This paper presents in a first part, the operational feedback of the SIRENE self positioned free swimming vehicle tele-operated through a bi-directional long range acoustic communication system. This vehicle, designed by IFREMER for the management of benthic loads on the sea floor, had demonstrated the possibilities of deep sea Intervention ( Up to 3000m depth) with AUV. The SIRENE experience leads a team driven by the CYBERNETIX company In collaboration with IFREMER (France) to propound a new concept of intervention in the scope of new deep sea challenges for the oil offshore industry. This new concept named SWIMMER Sub-sea Works, Inspection and Maintenance with Minimum Environment ROV, will be introduced taking into account the SIRENE experience and the industrial requests.