The OceanRINGS is a set of components that should be
installed on an ROV and inside the Control Cabin, in order to increase the
level of automation, to make ROV operations easier and save expensive ship time
by 20% or more. ROV LATIS is a next generation smart ROV, designed as a
prototype platform to demonstrate OceanRINGS validity & operability and to
prove smart technologies developed in the Mobile and Marine Robotics Research
Centre, UL. Research outcomes are applicable to the growing international
off-shore oil and gas sector, and also for future deployment, monitoring, and maintenance
of ocean energy devices. System validation and technology demonstration was
performed through a series of test trials with different support vessels off
the west coast of Ireland. Selected results of the most recent field trials are
presented in this paper.