Future Marine Launch and Recovery Systems

该研究计划的任务是通过推进运动补偿系统和机器人技术来提高海上船只的安全性。由于在两个浮动平台的货物转移期间以及在发射和回收作业期间物体之间的相对运动，出现了具体问题。为了提高海上载荷转移期间的操作可用性和福利，该研究计划专注于开发可用于对所有轴上的相对运动进行建模、预测和补偿的技术。该计划的最终目标是无论天气条件或相对运动如何，都能可靠地将任何负载或物体从海面或其他船只发射、回收或转移到主船上。该计划采取系统级的方法来解决这个问题，以在以下方面取得进展：控制算法、系统建模、机器视觉、机器人执行以及船用甲板机械和机器人的机械设计。

The mission of the research program is to increase safety on maritime vessels by advancing motion compensation systems and robotics. Specific issues arise, due to the relative motion between bodies during cargo transfer of two floating platforms and during launch and recovery operations. To increase operational availability and welfare during maritime load transfers, the research program focuses on developing technologies that can be used to model, predict and compensate for the relative motion on all axes. The ultimate goal of the program is to reliably launch, recover or transfer any load or object from the sea surface or another vessel to the host ship irrespective of weather conditions or relative motions. The program takes a systems level approach to the problem to make advances in: control algorithms, system modelling, machine vision, robotic actuation, and mechanical design of marine deck machinery and robotics.