Eelume Underwater Intervention Vehicle

Eelume underwater Intervention vehicles are basically self-propelled robotic arms whose slender and flexible body can transit over long distances and carry out light inspection, maintenance and repair jobs in confined spaces not accessible by conventional underwater vehicles. It will be equipped with several types of sensors and tools needed to fulfil its mission.

Kongsberg Discovery

Horten, NO

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Description

Eelume marine robots will be permanently installed on the seabed being ready 24/7 for planned and on-demand inspections and interventions regardless of weather conditions. This solution will dramatically save costs by reducing the use of expensive surface vessels, which are needed to support such operations today. Eelume underwater intervention vehicles can be installed on both existing and new fields where typical jobs include; visual inspection, cleaning, and operating valves and chokes. These jobs account for a large part of the total subsea inspection and intervention spend.

Eelume vehicles are modular combinations of joints, thrusters and various payload modules. The slender body allows for precision hovering and manoeuvring even in strong ocean currents.

Sensors and tools can be mounted anywhere along the flexible body. A dual-arm configuration is achieved by mounting tooling in each end and forming the vehicle body into a U-shape. One end of the arm can grab hold to fixate the vehicle, while the other end carry out inspection and intervention tasks. One end of the arm can also provide a perspective camera view of a tool operation carried out at the other end.

All these flexible operational scenarios are made possible by the unique shape-changing capabilities of the Eelume vehicles.

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Specifications

Operations: Max. speed [kn]

4

Articulated Viewing head

Articulated viewing head 2xDoF (+/- 80deg in yaw/pan and pitch/tilt axes)

Integral Sensors

Attitude; Heading; Depth; Altitude

General: Propulsion or glider

Length [m]

2.5

Width [m]

0.2

Min. weight of AUV in air [kg]

70

Portable

Y

Crane required

N

Maximum depth rating [m]

500

Thruster specifications

Robot manoeuvrability 6x Degrees of Freedom

Demonstration Video (YouTube/Vimeo URL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztvHWytPb4

Demonstration Video 2 (YouTube/Vimeo URL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iNDOz7ShEQ

TMS and Tether: Tether Cable Lenght

500m

Tether Cable weight in water

Neutrally buoyant

TMS cable management

Manual tether cable spooling

TMS dimensions

1.0m x 1.0m x 0.9m

TMS weight (incl 500m cable)

50kg

Topside Equipment: Interface Console Dimensions

0.65m x 0.65m x 0.6m

Weight

20 kg

Input Voltage/power

220V-240V AC / 50Hz or 60Hz / 1.5KW

Tether cable Voltage

300V DC

Video recording

4x 480 Gb Solid State Hard Drive (optional capacity)

Tether cable communication

WiFi (rotating) or Ethernet (fixed)

Control Equipment

Windows 10 Laptop + Eelume Control Software

Control Interface

30 Mouse + Joystick