P2-ROV, light and manageable, is highly modular thanks to the open-frame chassis that allows for quick installation and shifting of tools, equipment and sensors. Even thrusters are interchangeable and displaceable modules. In this way the vehicle can be reconfigured at every mission according to the specific needs.
P2-ROV is a portable polar ROV. Designed to be transported via-helicopter and easily handled by a small team of scientists it is specially addressed to work under the shelf ice of Antarctica by exploiting the holes drilled in the ice by means of a special 350 mm auger; the shape of the vehicle reminds that of a torpedo contained in a 340 mm diameter. Highly automated, P2-ROV is designed to work in hovering in order to monitor the peculiar Platelet Ice and to collect biological samples. For this purpose it will be equipped with a mechanical arm with an embedded suction pump which permits to collect larvae and fish eggs of the species that live and breed in the Platelet Ice. During these operations P2-ROV is remotely controlled, with a tether that transmits mutual information and electrical power, by operators safely standing on the Pack Ice.
P2-ROV a Portable/Polar ROV
Odetti Angelo;Bruzzone Giorgio;Caccia Massimo;Spirandelli Edoardo;Bruzzone Gabriele
2017
Abstract
P2-ROV is a portable polar ROV. Designed to be transported via-helicopter and easily handled by a small team of scientists it is specially addressed to work under the shelf ice of Antarctica by exploiting the holes drilled in the ice by means of a special 350 mm auger; the shape of the vehicle reminds that of a torpedo contained in a 340 mm diameter. Highly automated, P2-ROV is designed to work in hovering in order to monitor the peculiar Platelet Ice and to collect biological samples. For this purpose it will be equipped with a mechanical arm with an embedded suction pump which permits to collect larvae and fish eggs of the species that live and breed in the Platelet Ice. During these operations P2-ROV is remotely controlled, with a tether that transmits mutual information and electrical power, by operators safely standing on the Pack Ice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
