UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT MONITORING DEVICES INTEGRATION WITH VIRTUAL SCENARIOS IN REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES SIMULATOR

This paper presents an approach to integrate underwater sensor networks and a proposed common framework model for multi-purpose devices to be deployed around offshore oil and gas drilling exploration areas, as well as on other types of concrete or steel structures available at sea. The study is focused on underwater sensor devices called "Safe-Nets" developed within the VMAX PerrySlingsby ROV Simulator environment. Furthermore, we are looking into environmental safety and applications in order to justify the costs of these underwater data collection modular devices and we address the deployment challenges using remote operated vehicles (ROV) in scenarios done on the ROV Simulator.