Multi-Platform Inspection Maintenance & Repair In Extreme Environment (MIMRee)

“**项目愿景**极端环境下的多平台检查、维护和维修(MIMRee)项目将在海上风电场的运营和维护(O&M)中引入阶梯式变化，在海上风力涡轮机叶片的检查、维护和维修(IMR)过程中将人从回路中移除。其目的是显著降低与这些任务相关的成本和涡轮机停机时间，并降低H&S使用绳索接入技术的风险。在这个项目中，多自主平台方法将在海上可再生能源的使用案例中进行演示；然而，所开发的自主车载水面舰船枢纽、人机界面(HMI)、机器人协作和通信以及自动化任务规划也将在海上石油天然气、搜救和国防部门得到应用。**关键目标*消除派遣人员到海外执行风力涡轮机叶片IMR任务的需要；*消除关闭风力涡轮机进行叶片检查的需要；*降低在海上使用自动车辆执行资产IMR任务的风险；*在真实世界的运营条件下安全地展示完全自主的刀片IMR任务方法；*建立将自动车辆用于刀片IMR的业务案例；*制定将MIMRee系统转移到其他相关行业的路线图。**主要关注领域**开发的MIMRee系统将包括一个自主水面船(ASV)，具有在海上风力发电场自动运输、充电和部署无人机和刀片IMR机器人的能力。无人机将被开发成既可以自动检查风力涡轮机叶片，也可以在固定的风力涡轮机叶片上部署叶片IMR机器人。将开发叶片IMR机器人，以进行自主无损检测以及风力涡轮机叶片的维护和维修。与ASV和车载自动驾驶车辆的双向通信将通过HMI实现，使陆上操作员能够查看收集的检查数据并发布自动生成的IMR任务计划。将开发一种新型传感器，可以记录风力涡轮机叶片运动的图像，可以与无人机和/或ASV集成。所有技术都将在具有代表性的真实世界条件下进行测试、验证和演示。**项目团队**该项目由Plants Integrity Limited领导，他们与泰利斯英国有限公司、Wootzano有限公司、BladeBug有限公司、离岸可再生能源弹射器公司、曼彻斯特大学、布里斯托尔大学、伦敦皇家霍洛威大学和皇家艺术学院合作开发和演示MIMRee的原型版本。

"**Project vision**The Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance & Repair in extreme environments (MIMRee) project will introduce a step-change in the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of offshore wind farms by removing humans from the loop during the inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) of offshore wind turbine blades. The aim is to significantly reduce the costs and turbine downtime associated with these tasks and reduce the H&S risks of using rope access technicians.In this project, the multi autonomous platform approach will be demonstrated for a use case in offshore renewables; however, the developed autonomous vehicle surface vessel hub, Human-Machine Interface (HMI), robotic teaming and communications, and automated mission planning will also have applications in the offshore Oil & Gas, Search and Rescue and Defense sectors.**Key objectives*** Remove the need to send humans offshore to carry out wind turbine blade IMR tasks;* Remove the need to shut wind turbines down to carry out blade inspections;* Reduce the risk of using autonomous vehicles offshore to carry out asset IMR tasks;* Safely demonstrate a fully autonomous approach to blade IMR tasks in real-world operating conditions;* Establish the business case for using autonomous vehicles for blade IMR;* Develop a roadmap for transferring the MIMRee system to other relevant industries.**Main areas of focus**The developed MIMRee system will comprise of an Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) with capabilities to autonomously transport, charge and deploy UAVs and blade IMR robots at offshore wind farms. The UAVs will be developed to both autonomously inspect wind turbine blades and deploy blade IMR robots on stationary wind turbine blades. The blade IMR robot will be developed to conduct both autonomous NDT inspections and maintenance and repairs of wind turbine blades. Two-way communication with the ASV and on-board autonomous vehicles will be enabled by a HMI, enabling an onshore operator to both view gathered inspection data and issue automatically generated IMR mission plans. A novel sensor will be developed which can record images of moving wind turbine blades, which could be integrated with the UAVs and/or ASV. All technologies will be tested, validated and demonstrated in representative real-world conditions.**Project team**The project is led by Plant Integrity Limited who are collaborating with Thales UK Limited, Wootzano Limited, BladeBug Limited, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, University of Manchester, University of Bristol, Royal Holloway University of London and Royal College of Art to develop and demonstrate a prototype version of the MIMRee."