ABSTRACT

Inspection is a key aspect of any structural maintenance programme, including that of ship and offshore structures with a long-lasting history of service failures. Ship surveys for construction, verification, repair and conversion are intrinsically hazardous that are mainly performed by human surveyors. The ROBINS project (ROBotics technology for INspection of Ships) is an EU Horizon 2020 collaborative project aimed at addressing possible advantages of robotic technologies for ship inspections and facing corresponding challenges. Within the project framework, gaps and drawbacks in the application of robotic technologies were identified, from both technological and regulatory viewpoints. Solutions were suggested and developed through laboratory and field trials. Results indicate that cost-effective robotic assistants can be successfully introduced in the marine structure maintenance routine, if appropriate assessments of technologies and application procedures are carried out in advance according to validation schemes, such as the standard verification process recommended in this paper.

摘要

检查是任何结构维护计划的一个关键方面，包括具有长期服务故障历史的船舶和海上结构的检查。建造、验证、修理和改装的船舶检验本质上是危险的，主要由人工验船师进行。ROBINS 项目（用于船舶检查的机器人技术）是欧盟 Horizo​​​​n 2020 合作项目，旨在解决机器人技术在船舶检查方面的可能优势并面临相应挑战。在项目框架内，从技术和监管角度确定了机器人技术应用中的差距和缺陷。通过实验室和现场试验提出并开发了解决方案。