Introduction to fundamental design and automation technologies in offshore robotics

Due to the rapid progress of offshore technology in energy and transportation sectors, the context of offshore robotics has obtained increasing attentions in recent years. To partly address some complexities in design and automation technologies associated with offshore robotics, this chapter highlights recent developments in motion modeling and control techniques applied to offshore robotics to leverage the performance of the system in the offshore environment. In particular, Guidance principles for motion control, Autonomous underwater vehicles, Autonomous surface vehicles, Measurement and fault detection are addressed in this chapter.