TY - GEN
T1 - Design and Implementation of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Oil Spill Handling
AU - Al Maawali, Waleed
AU - Al Naabi, Ahmed
AU - Al Yaruubi, Majid
AU - Saleem, Ashraf
AU - Al Maashri, Ahmed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/3/4
Y1 - 2019/3/4
N2 - Oil spills could lead to catastrophes to the marine environment, which in turn affect living creatures including humans. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, Sultanate of Oman, constantly monitors the Omani shores for any contaminations. In addition, the Ministry collects samples from the affected areas and follows a specific procedure for containing the oil spill. However, the current process requires coordination between multiple independent parties, which introduces time delay and reduces efficiency of the process. This paper proposes a solution, where an unmanned surface vessel could help in the process of detecting the oil spill and collecting samples from the polluted area. Experiments with a fabricated vessel showed excellent maneuverability, reliable sample collection mechanism, and reasonable accuracy of oil contamination detection.
AB - Oil spills could lead to catastrophes to the marine environment, which in turn affect living creatures including humans. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, Sultanate of Oman, constantly monitors the Omani shores for any contaminations. In addition, the Ministry collects samples from the affected areas and follows a specific procedure for containing the oil spill. However, the current process requires coordination between multiple independent parties, which introduces time delay and reduces efficiency of the process. This paper proposes a solution, where an unmanned surface vessel could help in the process of detecting the oil spill and collecting samples from the polluted area. Experiments with a fabricated vessel showed excellent maneuverability, reliable sample collection mechanism, and reasonable accuracy of oil contamination detection.
KW - Computer Vision
KW - Machine Learning
KW - Mechatronics
KW - Oil Spill
KW - Robotics
KW - Unmanned Surface Vehicle
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U2 - 10.1109/UVS.2019.8658267
DO - 10.1109/UVS.2019.8658267
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063941131
T3 - 2019 1st International Conference on Unmanned Vehicle Systems-Oman, UVS 2019
BT - 2019 1st International Conference on Unmanned Vehicle Systems-Oman, UVS 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1st International Conference on Unmanned Vehicle Systems-Oman, UVS 2019
Y2 - 5 February 2019 through 7 February 2019
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