Loggerhead Cloud Technologies - Mission planning and monitoring capabilities for Uncrewed Underwater Systems

Loggerhead Cloud Technologies - 无人水下系统的任务规划和监控功能

• 批准号: 10052530
• 金额: $ 38.03万
• 依托单位: HONUWORX LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Investment Accelerator
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10052530
• 关键词: Loggerhead; Cloud; Technologies; Mission; planning

Robots have long been utilised for subsea inspection and maintenance in the offshore energy industry. Launching robots at sea is challenging - managing vessel motion, weather dynamics and the significant weight of large maintenance class robots requires large vessels with complex lifting equipment. The associated cost and carbon footprint limits the value and environmental benefits of subsea robotics, in-turn impacting the growth of emerging ocean sectors. Although smaller Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) have emerged as a potential solution, deploying large robots from them is not feasibleHonuWorx's project aims to create the cloud-based mission planning and monitoring platform for Loggerhead. It serves as the principal user interface for the entire system, and to assure robust over-the-horizon operation it must enable operators to plan missions intuitively and monitor the system with varying degrees of communication availabilityThe Loggerhead approach is superior to crewed and uncrewed surface vessel deployment because (1) it is a less capital intensive system, (2) offers a step change reduction in operations costs and emissions and (3) the system stays subsea during navigation and working at site, which in turn enables all-weather operation, eliminates splash-zone deployment risks and simplifies regulatory compliance.Loggerhead offers an economically viable and sustainable way to scale subsea robotic operations to support existing and emerging blue-economy sectors.By reducing the cost of subsea operations by up to 50% and removing emissions, Loggerhead supports the sustainable growth of vital sectors such as offshore renewable energy which must be profitable without subsidy and despite challenging margins. The project is an opportunity to extend the UK's leadership in the energy transition and the development of supporting robotic technologies.

长期以来，机器人一直被用于海上能源行业的海底检查和维护。在海上发射机器人具有挑战性-管理船舶运动，天气动力学和大型维护级机器人的显著重量需要大型船舶和复杂的起重设备。相关的成本和碳足迹限制了海底机器人的价值和环境效益，反过来又影响了新兴海洋行业的发展。尽管小型的无人水面舰艇（usv）已经成为一种潜在的解决方案，但部署大型机器人并不可行。honuworx的项目旨在为Loggerhead创建基于云的任务规划和监控平台。它作为整个系统的主要用户界面，为了确保强大的超视距操作，它必须使操作人员能够直观地规划任务，并以不同程度的通信可用性监控系统。Loggerhead方法优于有人驾驶和无人驾驶的水面舰艇部署，因为(1)它是一个资本密集程度较低的系统；(2)降低了作业成本和排放；(3)该系统在航行和现场工作期间保持在水下，从而实现全天候作业，消除了飞溅区部署风险，简化了法规遵从性。Loggerhead提供了一种经济上可行且可持续的方式来扩展水下机器人作业，以支持现有和新兴的蓝色经济部门。通过降低高达50%的海底作业成本并消除排放，Loggerhead支持海上可再生能源等重要部门的可持续增长，这些部门必须在没有补贴的情况下盈利，尽管利润率具有挑战性。该项目是扩大英国在能源转型和配套机器人技术发展方面的领导地位的一个机会。