Design and Modeling of a Low-Cost Observation Class ROV for Dam Inspection

Abstract

Underwater vehicles are of great interest in seabed inspection tasks, nevertheless dams, which required complete emptying to inspect their walls, or else call a professional diver which is of great risk to its life given the marine currents existing below. As a result, designing an underwater vehicle (ROV/AUV: Remotely Operated Vehicle/Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) for the inspection and exploration of seabed and dams can replace the human being in this task and avoid emptying for maintenance work. In this article we will present a design of a low-cost ROV for observation based on the various existing underwater robots. A modeling part and numerical calculation approach for determining the differents coefficients are presented at the end.