Autonomous docking based on optical positioning system for remotely operated vehicle

• Underwater docking is of high interest as it could be used to chargeunderwater robots while on a mission, thus extending their range of ac-tion, or to upload data without retrieving the vehicle, thus increasing itsmemory capacity. In this paper, the purpose of the docking system is toperform cable connections using remotely operated vehicles. The modelof an autopilot for autonomous docking is presented and the performancesof its components are analysed. This autopilot is based on measurementsfrom an optical positioning system which localizes the vehicle based onfeature detection from image processing. It shows that this positioning system could be integrated to the modelled autopilot and used in closed-loop for autonomous docking.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Optical positioning; closed-loop; Image processing; Remotely operated vehicle; Autonomous docking.

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