Robotic Systems for the Inspection of Offshore Wind Farms

到2025年，仅在英国，海上风电场及其与海岸的连接的远程检查和资产管理就是一个每年价值高达20亿GB的行业。根据皇家地产的数据，80%至90%的离岸运营和维护成本是由准入要求产生的：例如需要让工程师和技术人员到偏远地点评估问题并决定采取什么行动。这种检查在偏远和危险的环境中进行，需要训练有素的人员，而这些人员在未来几年可能会短缺。该项目将调查使用机器人系统检查离岸资产的情况。检查带电高压直流变电站的具体用例将用于调查在黑暗、GPS被拒绝的环境中运行的多个机器人的自主任务规划和协调。

The remote inspection and asset management of offshore wind farms and their connection to shore, is an industry which will be worth up to £2 billion annually by 2025 in the UK alone. 80% to 90% of the cost of offshore Operation and Maintenance according to the Crown Estate is generated by access requirements: such as the need to get engineers and technicians to remote sites to evaluate a problem and decide what action to undertake. Such inspection takes place in a remote and hazardous environment and requires highly trained personnel, of which there is likely to be a shortage in coming years. This project will investigate the use of robotic systems for the inspection of offshore assets. A specific use case of the inspection of a live HVDC sub-station will be used to investigate autonomous mission planning and coordination of multiple robots operating in a dark, GPS denied environments.