Inspection and maintenance of industrial infrastructure with autonomous underwater robots

Underwater infrastructure, such as pipelines, requires regular inspection and maintenance including cleaning, welding of defects and valve-turning or hot-stabbing. At the moment, these tasks are mostly performed by divers and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) but the use of intervention Autonomous U...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Main Authors:	Franka Nauert, Peter Kampmann
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Subjects:	autonomous underwater intervention intervention AUV subsea inspection and maintenance non-destructive testing pipeline inspection underwater cleaning
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2023.1240276/full