Design and Development of Underwater Remotely Operated Locomotion Robotic System

Abstract

This paper presents design, operation and performance analysis of an Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (UROV) robot which acquires the input from wireless based joystick controller switch. Modified designed robot can effectively endeavor as a submarine and manage its propulsion via thrusters. Thrusters are switched by relays and controlled through PIC16F877A microcontroller. The UROV attain required depth position via wireless remote terminal. In this research, thrust for water propellers, method to increased or decreased thrust is analyzed and their adeptness with respect to speed and load are discussed. The simulation results including design and performance analysis has been done to determine the robustness of proposed robot. Resemblance between the simulated design and hardware prototype design validate the precision of proposed design of UROV. The material comparison for UROV has also discussed.