OTC-Tracker2Service: Digital Twin for Offshore Inspection Services

The OTC-Tracker2Service project aims to revolutionize offshore inspection missions using remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) by developing and providing a Digital Twin (DT) as a service. By combining real-time data acquisition, context-based processing, and an innovative cloud/edge/fog infrastructure, a digital representation of the mission is created that can be used for planning, execution, and analysis. This enables more efficient, sustainable, and safer use of maritime resources.

Project Description

Development of the Digital Twin for Offshore Inspections

The focus of the project is the development of an adaptive digital twin that automatically captures, processes, and visualizes data from offshore ROV missions. Building on the technologies developed in the predecessor project OTC-Tracker, sensor data are not only collected during mission planning and execution, but also semantically processed and prepared for documentation purposes.

The modular client-server architecture enables the Digital Twin to be deployed in both broadband and narrowband environments, ensuring flexible synchronization of different resolution levels of the digital representation.

Innovative Infrastructure and Application

Implementing the project requires the development of a high-performance infrastructure that enables location-independent use of the Digital Twin as a service. In addition to integrating state-of-the-art communication solutions (terrestrial and satellite-based), interfaces and software modules are being developed to support efficient mission planning, execution, and evaluation.

The system is continuously validated and optimized in close collaboration with partners from academia and industry.