
News:
SMARTRAK CAN NOW OFFER BURIED PIPELINE & SUBMARINE CABLE TRACKING ON AUVS
INNOVATUM has carried out successful testing, including
autonomous operation of the Smartrak cable and pipeline tracking
system on AUV. This integration enables the AUV to navigate to the
target cable or pipeline, follow it, and measure position,
including "Depth of Burial".
Applications for AUV-integrated Smartrak systems include: survey
of submarine pipelines (oil, gas and water); energy cables (wind
farms and interconnectors); and communications cables. System
integration between SMARTRAK and the AUV, included both hardware
and software elements. Data can be recorded in the AUV and
retrieved post dive, for display and analysis.
Terry Slater, INNOVATUM LTD. explains that, by removing human
decision-making from the loop, integration of this smallest,
commercially successful cable tracker with AUV autonomous robotics,
achieves even higher standards of data collection.
The SMARTRAK testing also indicates it will be possible to
deploy the SMARTSEARCH UXO location system on AUVs.