DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERWATER CRAWLER INTERGRATE WITH REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE (ROV) FOR UNDERWATER INSPECTION)

Abstract

Subsea vehicles which well known as ROV are widely used in many scopes such as, inspection, exploration and even search and rescue mission. Some ROVs are so advance with robotic system that allowed underwater operation such as underwater welding and repairing underwater piping can be done without sending human to the work field. As to expend research on the various types of seafloor such as mud, sand, gravel and irregular steep terrain, ROVs able to handle or withstand the hydrodynamic effect such as added mass, buoyancy and center of buoyant. To study and evaluate the crawler type ROV performance such the characteristic and principle of operation.