3043 Intelligent control of ROV's and manipulators

Overview:

Summarises the work of three research projects directed towards increasing the autonomy of underwater vehicles through the use of 'intelligent' control systems: Distributed knowledge based system architecture for subsea sensor interpretation and manipulator co-ordination, Co-operation and planning for collaborating subsea manipulators using a distributed KBS architecture (Heriot-Watt University) and Intelligent adaptive contol of subsea vehicles (University of Liverpool). Potential applications identified for some of the control methods and software extend beyond the underwater industry.