Successful demonstration test of Autonomous Unmanned Submersible (AUV) in UK waters 20171121

Successful demonstration test of Autonomous Unmanned Submersible (AUV) in UK waters

Kawasaki Heavy Industries succeeded in the demonstration test of the autonomous unmanned submersible machine (AUV: Autonomous Underswer Vehicle) at the offshore testing site in Scotland, England.

We are paying attention to increasing demand for pipeline maintenance in the ocean floor Oil & Gas field. Under the subsidy project * 1 of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, we develop advanced submarine boat-related technologies that we have cultivated over many years, and AUV We are working on the development of advanced element technologies.

Since AUV can carry out a given mission while judging the situations placed on its own, unlike the remote-controlled unmanned submersible (ROV: Remotely Operated Vehicle) with a tether cable at the present time, the AUV in a marine vessel A dedicated operator or a special shipboard device will be unnecessary.

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