Design of a Teleoperated Aquatic Vehicle for the Gauging of Water Bodies

 

C.E. Díaz–Gutiérrez*¹, M.P. Garduño–Gaffare², J.A. Segovia–De los Ríos³, J.S. Benítez–Read⁴

 

^1,2 Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca Av. Tecnológico S/N, C.P. 52140 Toluca, Mexico. *E–mail: carlos_eduardo_dg@yahoo.com.mx

^1,3,4 Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera México–Toluca S/N, C.P. 52750, La Marquesa, Ocoyoacac, Estado de México, México.

 

ABSTRACT

The sampling and flow measurement of rivers is a very complex task, not only because of the amount of equipment to be carried and the parameters to be measured, but also because of the health risk involved for people who have to perform this activity frequently. For this reason, a flow measurement system named as SA–1 (Gauging System SA–1) has been designed, and built and, proposed as an innovative alternative, which is a teleoperated watercraft. This article describes this system and its mathematical models.

Keywords: water–flow–measurement, watercraft–design, teleoperated–system, unmanned–surface–vehicle, mathematical models.

 

RESUMEN

El muestreo y aforado de ríos es una tarea compleja, no solo por la cantidad de equipo que hay que transportar y los parámetros que hay que medir, sino por el alto riesgo que existe para las personas que tienen que realizar esta tarea de manera frecuente. Por esta razón se propuso el diseño y la construcción de un novedoso sistema automático de medición de caudales denominado SA–1, el cual es una plataforma acuática teleoperada. Este artículo describe este sistema y sus modelos matemáticos.

 

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