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Design, modelling and simulation of a remotely operated vehicle - Part 2

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posted on 2023-05-18, 03:16 authored by Le, KD, Hung NguyenHung Nguyen, Susantha RanmuthugalaSusantha Ranmuthugala
Continuing the previously published study [4], this paper focuses on hardware and Virtual Reality (VR) model development of a three-thruster Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). The paper included setting up an on-board electronic system with the associated suite of sensors and the required communication protocol. This system utilises a master-slave structure, which consists of an onshore station computer and an on-board open source microcontroller. To improve the controllability of the driving system, a VR model of the ROV is designed to reflect the altitude and attitude of the physical vehicle. By using the feedback signals from the sensors, the VR model operates in a similar manner to the actual vehicle. Hence, it provides the operator with the capability to monitor the ROV operation within a virtual environment and enables the operator to control the ROV based on the visual inputs and feedback. Finally, real time simulations are presented to validate the interaction between the ROV operator and the VR model. To provide realistic operational conditions, the effects of sensor noise and water current disturbances are included to the simulation programme. The results show that the performance of the VR ROV is stable even with these disturbances.

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Publication title

Journal of Computer Science and Cybernetics

Volume

30

Pagination

106-116

ISSN

1813-9663

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

Place of publication

Vietnam

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Copyright 2014 Journal of Computer Science and Cybernetics

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Intelligence, surveillance and space

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