ROMP: Remotely Operated Mobile Platform

Design and fabrication experience of a remotely operated platform, to be used for inspecting process plant in hazardous environment and work as a carrier for a robot and test equipments has been presented. Remotely Operated Mobile Platform (ROMP) is a wheeled vehicle, having on board PC-486 for local control of vehicle and collection of sensory data. The PC-486 is connected to a control station PC-386 through a custom designed ten channel communication line. Vehicle is driven by two independently controlled DC servo motors. Operator control is through a two axes pneumatic force feedback joystick. A CCD camera provided on the vehicle provides visual feedback to operator. Some other sensors like IR, SONAR, Tilt are provided on the vehicle to assist the operator in avoiding obstacles. A fifty core umblical runs from the control station to the vehicle. An independent automatic cable winding- unwinding mechanism is used to manage the umblical.

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