French ROV, AUVs and Manned Sub.

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French ROV, AUVs and Manned Sub.

• Vincent Rigaud
• Head of the Underwater Systems Dept
• Vincent.rigaud_at_ifremer.fr
• and
• Jean Louis Michel
• Thematic responsible for Underwater Intervention
• Jean.louis.michel_at_ifremer.fr

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French Underwater systems for sciences
From survey to work
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Innovation with ROVs VHR mapping and
teleoperation VICTOR 6000m
POSIDONIA
POSIDONIA

• 3200 Hours since 1997, on the bottom (record 72h)
  Local HR positionning , modularities,inter-operabi
  lity

Rèf. Zaïre Margin with TFE http//www.ifremer.f
r/francais/produits/zaiango/projet.htm
VICTOR 6 000
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modular payloadshuttle handling

• 6 000 meters depth capacity,
• 6 TVs,1 Digital Still Camera (VSPN),HMI and QI
  lights,
• 1 dexterous computer aided arm1 grabber,
  configurable basket,
• modular payload thru frame lift
• 600 kg sampling operational module,
• 600 kg survey module in project,
• shuttle handling,
• all data on CD ROM, with post processing software

VICTOR 6 000
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measuring and samplingincluding cold and hot
seeps
POSIDONIA
In situ chemical analysis using FIA analyser
Alchimist in a clump of Bathymodiolus azoricus,
Lucky Strike
VICTOR 6 000
blade box sediment coring, Zaire with TFE
In situ experimentation using a pH/ temperature
autonomous probe
DIGITAL STILL CAMERA VSPN
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VHR mappingsmulti-modal Indices
Terrain trough
VICTOR 6 000
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Survey module VICTORVictor 6000
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Victor 6000future survey module
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Victor Optical evolution
VICTOR 6 000
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VICTOR 6000 mobility EU issues?SOC and Bremen
ROVs, Industrial ROVs. Inter-operability on the
EU Fleet, mutualisation of equipments, and
exploitation tools
VICTOR 6 000
Victor in the North On RV Atalante
Victor6000 on RV Polartstern
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Field operation with Nautileinspectingworking
http//www.ifremer.fr/fleet/systemes_sm/index.html

• 1 500 dives
• upgraded in 2002

Nautile
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The know howinspectingmeasuringsamplingdisp
osing
WATER SAMPLING
SAMO STATION
CEMENTED SISMOGRAPH
Nautile
CEMENTED INCLINOMETER
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Know howinstallation and maintenance
Nautile Victor 6000
DEEP SEA OBSERVATORY ANTARES
DEEP SEA OBSERVATORY ASSEM
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Near future in technologiesInspection,
intervention and hybrid AUV

• Automatic docking
• Dynamic Positionning , acoustic communication and
  positionning

Alistar
Alive
swimmer
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Technologically in the state of the art-Needs
to improve operational use-Needs to propose
operational tools for management of the system
and data exploitation

• Operational
• Scientific Survey AUVs program

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Ifremer Medium size AUVs programA fleet with
exploitation tools
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Survey Auv 1 long 4.5m Ø max 0.69m Mass in
air 417 à 617kg Modular payload 500 litres,
200 kg

• Modules
• Physics
• Halieutic
• Géosciences
• Environnement

Instruments Mutualisation interoperability
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French motivations for AUVs

• Combined use in multi-disciplinary
• world of sciences and tools
• Doing what the others (ROV...) cant do

• From Observation to operational survey
• and monitoring in response to social and
• economical demands Mobile observatory
• Also the case for Nautile and VICTOR 6000 for
  relevant spatial and temporal scales