Future Marine Launch and Recovery Systems

该研究项目的使命是通过推进运动补偿系统和机器人技术来提高海上船舶的安全性。由于在两个浮动平台的货物转移期间以及在发射和回收操作期间主体之间的相对运动，出现了具体问题。为了提高海上负载转移过程中的运营可用性和福利，该研究计划侧重于开发可用于建模，预测和补偿所有轴上相对运动的技术。该计划的最终目标是可靠地发射，回收或从海面或另一艘船转移任何负载或物体到主船，而不管天气条件或相对运动。该计划采用系统级方法解决问题，以在以下方面取得进展：控制算法，系统建模，机器视觉，机器人驱动以及海洋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.