Abstract:In deepwater offshore pipeline monitoring, especially for the monitoring of mud point location and pipeline buckling, the existing monitoring technology scheme using ROV(Romotely Operated Vehicle) with multi-function operating mother ship has the disadvantages of high monitoring cost and high risk of ship crossing. In this paper, a new hybrid Autonomous Remotely Vehicle (Autonomous Remotely Vehicle) with a flat body configuration and multi-propeller arrangement is proposed. The ARV takes into account the intelligence of AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) and the real-time transmission ability of ROV, improves the detection and search ability, and can meet the requirements of autonomy and real-time monitoring in the process of offshore pipeline laying. According to the design objectives and task requirements, the overall design of the ARV is completed by adopting the modular design idea, and the design scheme of the hull, the pressurization chamber, the propulsion system and the control system is emphatically given. In order to verify the motion control performance of ARV, experimental tests are carried out in the deep pool of the school, and the ARV depth, orientation and constant speed control experiments are completed. At the same time, the actual monitoring of sea pipe is simulated. The experimental results show that the control system designed in this paper can effectively support ARV to complete the related work, and verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the overall design method of ARV and the control system.