ROV-Aided Dam Inspection: Practical Results

Abstract Nowadays Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are used in a growing number of underwater missions, mostly inspections of different types of installations such as: telecommunication cables, pipes or oil extraction installations. A field where UUVs are still starting to prove their utility is dam inspection. This paper presents details our first approach in dam inspection. A set of experiments carried out at a dam in Romania is described. Advantages and drawbacks of using a small-class underwater vehicle are analyzed for this type of missions.

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