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dc.contributor.authorPage, Vincent; email: v.page@liverpool.ac.uk
dc.contributor.authorDadswell, Christopher; email: c.m.dadswell@liverpool.ac.uk
dc.contributor.authorWebster, Matt; email: m.p.webster@ljmu.ac.uk
dc.contributor.authorJump, Mike; email: mjump1@liverpool.ac.uk
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Michael; orcid: 0000-0002-0875-3862; email: michael.fisher@manchester.ac.uk
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-30T02:19:12Z
dc.date.available2021-07-30T02:19:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-28
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/625429/robotics-10-00097.pdf?sequence=2
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/625429/robotics-10-00097.xml?sequence=3
dc.identifier.citationRobotics, volume 10, issue 3, page e97
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/625429
dc.descriptionFrom MDPI via Jisc Publications Router
dc.descriptionHistory: accepted 2021-07-21, pub-electronic 2021-07-28
dc.descriptionPublication status: Published
dc.descriptionFunder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Grant(s): EP/R026173/1
dc.description.abstractA drive to reduce costs, carbon emissions, and the number of required personnel in the offshore energy industry has led to proposals for the increased use of autonomous/robotic systems for many maintenance tasks. There are questions over how such missions can be shown to be safe. A corollary exists in the manned aviation world for helicopter–ship operations where a test pilot attempts to operate from a ship under a range of wind conditions and provides subjective feedback on the level of difficulty encountered. This defines the ship–helicopter operating limit envelope (SHOL). Due to the cost of creating a SHOL there has been considerable research activity to demonstrate that much of this process can be performed virtually. Unmanned vehicles, however, have no test pilot to provide feedback. This paper therefore explores the possibility of adapting manned simulation techniques to the unmanned world to demonstrate that a mission is safe. Through flight modelling and simulation techniques it is shown that operating envelopes can be created for an oil rig inspection task and that, by using variable performance specifications, these can be tailored to suit the level of acceptable risk. The operating envelopes produced provide condensed and intelligible information regarding the environmental conditions under which the UAS can perform the task.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsLicence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceeissn: 2218-6581
dc.subjectaerial robots/UAV
dc.subjectinspection robots
dc.subjecthazardous environments
dc.subjectautonomous systems
dc.subjectnavigation and exploration
dc.subjectoil and gas robots
dc.subjectmodelling and simulation
dc.subjectvalidation and verification
dc.titleTowards the Determination of Safe Operating Envelopes for Autonomous UAS in Offshore Inspection Missions
dc.typearticle
dc.date.updated2021-07-30T02:19:12Z
dc.date.accepted2021-07-21


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