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KONGSBERG MARITIME Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Richard Mills Product Sales Manager AUVs Email: [email protected]

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Kongsberg Maritime AUVs

29/08/2014 WORLD CLASS - through people, technology and dedication.

SEAGLIDER: Advanced long range glider • Depth Rating: 1000 m • Payload: water column, ADCP, hydrophone plus options • Power Source: primary Lithium battery • Endurance: up to 10 months

MUNIN: Modular low-logistics commercial AUV • Depth Rating: 1500 m (600 m option) • Payload: EM2040, SSS, CT, (SBP & Camera option) • Power Source: rechargeable/swappable Lithium Ion battery • Endurance: 12 to 24 hours

HUGIN: Most capable AUV for commercial, research or defence • Depth Ratings: 3000, 4500 or 6000 m • Payload: HISAS, SSS, SBP, MBES, CTD, Camera plus options • Power Source: swappable Lithium Polymer batteries • Endurance: up to 75 hours

Kongsberg Maritime AUVs - Hydroid


REMUS 100: World leading small AUV • Depth Rating: 100 m • Payload: SSS, ADCP, CTD, Bathymetry, Environmental • Power Source: rechargeable Lithium Ion battery • Endurance: ~8 hours

REMUS 600: Highly versatile modular AUV • Depth Rating: 600 or 1500 m • Payload: SSS, SBP, MBES, ADCP, CTD, Camera plus options • Power Source: rechargeable Lithium Ion battery • Endurance: ~24 hours

REMUS 6000: From littoral to deep • Depth Ratings: 4000 or 6000 m • Payload: SSS, SBP, MBES, ADCP, CTD, Camera plus options • Power Source: swappable Lithium Ion battery • Endurance: ~16 hours


What Are Our AUVs Used For? Applications: • Geophysical Survey • Hazard/Site Inspection • Hydrographic Survey • Pipeline Inspections • Pseudo Seismic • Geochemical Survey • Environmental Monitoring • Oceanographic Survey • Post Hurricane Assessment • Marine Archeology • EEZ/UNCLOS Surveys • Mine Countermeasures • Rapid Environmental Assessment • Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance • Harbor Security • Search and Recovery


Operating AUVs in Shallow Water: Considerations

Positioning: • USBL? • GPS? • Inertial? Attitude, Swell and Currents: • Heave and roll in swell and wave action • Algorithms to reduce impact of swell on data • High current reduces operational window Portability and Robustness: • Launch and Recovery in shallow water • Smaller vehicles affected more by wave action • Reliability of data collection KM’s AUVs can operate in 5-10 m of water, but careful planning is required


Operating AUVs in Shallow Water: Navigation & Positioning

Navigation: • Honeywell HG9900 IMU • Teledyne RDI WN 300 kHz DVL • Novatel L1/L2 GPS • NavP Aids to Navigation: • HiPAP 501, 351, μPAP • TerrNav DTM • Underwater Transponder Protocol (UTP) • Pipe Tracking? Post Mission: • NavLab


Operating AUVs in Shallow Water: Launch and Recovery

Sea State: • 5 in open ocean • North Sea? Ship of Opportunity: • Deck space • Crane • Stinger Ramp • Moonpool Post Mission: • Turn-Around time • Battery charge or battery swap? • Data download or removable storage?


AUVs and Risk Management: Will I Get It Back?

Risk Factors: • Mission profile • Hazards • Reliability • Human error • Risk Mitigation and Mission Management • What happens if something goes wrong?

Fully Autonomous: No interaction from operator • Pre-defined mission plan • No position updates • No supervision of payload sensors

Semi-Autonomous: Occasional Updates • Predefined mission plan • Occasional position updates using HiPAP or UTP • Occasional communication with vehicle for status • No supervision of payload data

Supervised: Most common commercial mode • Predefined mission plan can be amended during

survey • Regular position updates • Real-time data for QC sent to operator • Can change payload sensor settings on the fly • Vehicle sends status, pipeline track points etc.


AUVs and Risk Management: Real Time Supervision


Reliability and Successes:

Image courtesy of Fugro

Reliability and Repeatability • More than 600,000 km of contracted commercial survey • Customer reported 96%+ reliability and availability • Repeatable surveys and accurate navigation • Global support


MUNIN

A Low Logistics, High Performance AUV for Commercial Operators

MUNIN: Overview Nose Section • Forward Looking Sonar • NBOS CT Sensor • Pop-off buoy and recovery line • Drop weight


Battery Module • Swappable dry battery section

– 12 hours endurance

Navigation and Payload Module • INS • DVL • EM2040 • Sidescan sonar arrays

Control Module • Vehicle and Payload Electronics • Fixed Dry Battery

– 12 hours endurance

Tail Section • Propulsion and steering • cNODE communications and

positioning transponder • RF/Wi-Fi/GPS antenna


MUNIN AUV Key Specifications Dimensions:

• Length: < 4 m • Diameter: 34 cm • Weight: <300 kgs

Depth Ratings: • 600 and 1500 m

Power Supply: • Rechargeable Lithium batteries

(fixed and swappable) Endurance:

• 12 to 24 hours

Navigation: • Honeywell HG9900 IMU • NavP • Forward looking sonar • Novatel L1/L2 GPS • DVL • DigiQuartz depth sensor • UTP & Terrain navigation

options

Communications: • cNODE

• HiPAP USBL • Command Link • Data Link

Payload: • EM2040 MBES • SSS • CT Sensor • SBP option • Camera option

Factory Calibration of Payload and Navigation Module: IMU, DVL, EM2040 & SSS

No need for alignment and calibration of system after re-assembly =

Consistent data quality and positioning

Modularity Without Complexity


Low Logistics But Retaining Productivity


HUGIN and MUNIN: Complete Systems “AUV in a Box”


• Survey Parameters: • Altitude: 3 to 150 m • Speed: nominally 1.5 to 2 m/s (~3 to 4 kts)

• Performance and coverage: • Full swath HISAS: ~600 m total • Full swath EM2040 single Rx: ~400 m • Full swath EM2040 dual Rx: ~800 m • Area Coverage rate: ~2.6 km2/hour

Data Quality and Coverage


• Sensor combinations improve coverage rates • All sensors can be used concurrently

• HISAS/SSS • EM2040 • SBP • TileCam • Environmental/Geochemical

Data Quality and Coverage HISAS


Object classification and identification: • Spot processing for high resolution:

• Objects of interest resolved to 2 x 2 cm (theoretical maximum resolution) • In-mission processing of sidescan and SAS imagery plus bathymetry • In-mission adaptive replanning using SITAR (ATR)

Images shown are 850 kHz EdgeTech sidescan sonar (left) and HISAS (right) taken of the same target by the same HUGIN AUV (both sensors running at the same time)

Data Quality and Coverage HISAS


SAS imagery 400 m swath

HISAS Bathymetry

Merged EM bathymetry with HISAS bathymetry for full swath product

Data Quality and Coverage EM2040 Bathymetry and Water Column Data


Image courtesy of C&C Technologies

Data Quality and Coverage TileCam


Image courtesy of Fugro

Data Quality and Coverage Georeferenced Synchronised Data Sets


• Two sets of data collected in the same survey • The benefit of having tightly integrated sensors • Only achievable with 1pps timing and geo-referenced data

Image courtesy of C&C Technologies


DVL-aided INS

DVL-aided INS

DVL-aided INS

DVL-aided INS

Data Quality and Coverage Accurate Georeferenced Data Sets

Enhanced positioning using NavP, HiPAP, UTP and Terrain Navigation

Modes of Operation: Navigation Error

Real-Time Post-Processed

Autonomous: No updates, straight line 0.1% of Distance Travelled 0.1% of Distance Travelled Autonomous: GPS fix every 1-2 hrs 2 to 10 m 1 to 4 m Autonomous: NavP UTP ranging 5 m 2 m

Supervised: HiPAP USBL updates 0.5 to 6 m (depending on depth and GPS accuracy) 0.5 to 4 m

Autonomous Pipeline Survey


Proven pipe tracking capability • Software developed, tested and in commercial use on the HUGIN AUV now available on MUNIN

Pass 1: SSS or SAS survey • Offset to side of pipeline, ~20 meter altitude • Active vehicle tracking using side-scan imagery

Pass 2: EM2040 and Camera Survey • Directly overhead pipeline, ~3-5 meter altitude • Active vehicle tracking using MBE bathymetry and reflectivity

If the pipe location is known within 10 m, then the AUV can go straight to the EM2040 and Camera survey

Autonomous Pipeline Survey HISAS Bathymetry


Altitude 30 m Range (shown) 55 to 105 m

Speed 4 knots


Altitude: 3.5 m Speed: 3.8 knots

Autonomous Pipeline Survey EM2040 Bathymetry

Altitude 3.5 m Speed 3.8 knots

Autonomous Pipeline Survey TileCam Images


Autonomous Pipeline Survey Mosaic of Flush Buried Pipe


Altitude 5.8 m Speed 3.5 knots


Future Developments? Some Developments Already Underway: • New Payload Sensors:

– Laser Imaging/Micro-Bathymetry Sensor – Magnetometer

• Automated Recovery & Docking • Persistence and Subsea Residency • New IMU for non-ITAR operators • Improved Autonomy: In-Mission Adaptive Control


Future Developments? Where Are We Going?

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