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The following lists the products currently available. For further information or pricing please sent the contact information on the Contact page. Examples of each product including downloadable pictures and videos can be found on the Downloads page.

VROV Simulator:

The VROV Simulator was designed and developed by GRI as an instructional tool to be incorporated into existing and planned ROV Pilot training programs. VROV enhances an instructor’s ability to train and evaluate trainees in several ways:

• Provide a new trainee with plenty of “Stick-Time” without hazarding personnel and ROV equipment
• Extended manipulator support
• User-defined fault scripting to develop a pilot’s crisis handling abilities
• Highly interactive objects, including CAT tools, etc. to train in equipment operation
• Support for a wide range of ROV tooling, including skids, torque tools, soft-line cutters, etc. to train the pilot in tooling operation.
• Support for a wide range of ROVs allowing the pilot to get used to the handling characteristics of each ROV.

VROV applies the technologies of Virtual Reality (VR) and dynamic physical modeling to generate realistic, scenario-based ROV simulations. It includes support for all standard components – acoustic imaging, obstacle avoidance, tracking units, underwater cameras and lights, manipulator arms – as well as ocean currents, variable, turbidity, sea-state, and tether effects.

System Configuration

The VROV system is a highly modular system that allows the customer to choose the components that would suit his or her application. The basic components required for minimal operation would be the ICC and VDM software modules. The following lists all the available modules for the VROV Simulator:

• ICC (Instructor’s Control Console)
• VDM (Virtual Dynamics Machine)
• VCam (Virtual Camera)
• VSonar (Virtual Sonar)
• CIC (Console Interface Computer)
• Tritech Sonar Interface Module

*General Features:
• Real-time dynamic simulation of ROV motion
• Real-time simulation of tethered and un-tethered ROV and AUV hardware
• High-quality, low-overhead rendering package
• Accurate collision response
• Supports Standard ROV sensor packages:
- Imaging sonar simulator
- Side scan sonar simulator
- Multiple Switchable Pan/Tilt/Zoom camera systems
- Adjustable flood and spot lighting
• ROV tooling / manipulator support
• Vehicle performance data logging and replay
• Environmental effects:
- subsea currents, water turbidity, seafloor silt effects, sea state
• Scenario-based simulation exercises
• Synthetic or mapped undersea terrain using bathymetric data import
• Tether modeling with Tether Management System , Cage with winch control or free swimming control.
• Support for a range of manipulator hardware controller such as the Schilling Master Controller with support for the Orion, Conan, Titan3 and Titan4 manipulators.

VROV Desktop Simulator:

• The VROV Desktop Simulator is a modular, cost-effective tool for sub-sea system design and testing. Like the VROV simulator, system is capable of simulating tethered and un-tethered ROV and AUV hardware in a compact desktop design. The VROV Desktop Simulator is a scaled down version of the larger VROV Simulator and can be used on a single Notebook computer or multiple computers depending on the customer requirements and the complexity of the scenarios.

VROV Manipulator Trainer:

The VROV Manipulator trainer is a single Laptop computer system that trains pilots in the use of various manipulators. The system can be used to introduce new pilots to manipulator basics or help experienced pilots brush-up on manipulator operation. In addition manipulator training, the VROV Manipulator Trainer has been used in the testing of new manipulator designs.