Design of a seafloor moving platform for ROV systems / 水下載具海底移動載台之設計

碩士 / 國立中山大學 / 海下科技暨應用海洋物理研究所 / 97 / When carrying out sampling tasks close to the ocean bottom, a ROV keeps station at a fixed position and compensates the tether effects and currents. However, the operation of ROV thrust propellers for station keeping might stir up sediment and cause poor visibility, which forces ROV operators to stop work until the sediment clears. The purpose of this thesis, therefore, is to design and fabricate a seafloor moving platform able to approach steadily to sampling objects without stirring up much sediment. This moving platform must be combined with the second generation NCKU-NSYSU ROV, a sampling manipulator, and a sample storage apparatus. Also, the moving platform requires some capabilities for travel over relatively smooth seafloor. A wheel-driven mobile platform, as a result, is developed, in which the front wheels and rear wheels are respectively driven by two separately provided DC motors. The required power and serial command signals are transmitted to the platform via the second generation NCKU-NSYSU ROV. A four-bar linkage for steering font wheels is designed to work close to the Ackerman condition, and a chain-and-sprocket drive train is used to transfer power to the rear wheels. The motor controllers used for controlling DC motors are constructed based on MSP430 MCU (Micro Controller Unit). The preliminary driving performance of the platform is tested. The testing results indicate that the moving platform can drive steadily and behave as expected.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/097NSYS5281003
Date January 2009
CreatorsMing-jia Yu, 余銘嘉
ContributorsHsin-hung chen, 陳信宏
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format85

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