Physical based model of an underwater ROV based on LabVIEW

Remotely underwater vehicles are currently being utilized for scientific, commercial, and military underwater applications due to the large areas of water in our plant and many usages of the sea environment in the commercial field or military field which the unmanned underwater vehicle can perform the safety to the user in different fields. These vehicles require remote guidance by using a joystick modified with LabVIEW software to show the graphical user interface between the joystick and the motion of the ROV and control systems from the ground station and onboard station according to the mission and position of the ROV to perform underwater tasks. Modeling the system to ensure its required functions and all coupling between the components before making the deployment, system identification to the controller to create the transfer function of the controller (PID) and control of these vehicles are still major active areas of research and development. This paper represents the steps to design and control a low-cost ROV and shows the full steps to design a low-cost ROV starting from choosing the materials, selecting the design, applying control and the used software