KR20170028693A - Collecting device controller of mining robot for deep-seabed mineral resource and the method thereof - Google Patents

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KR20170028693A
KR20170028693A KR1020150125652A KR20150125652A KR20170028693A KR 20170028693 A KR20170028693 A KR 20170028693A KR 1020150125652 A KR1020150125652 A KR 1020150125652A KR 20150125652 A KR20150125652 A KR 20150125652A KR 20170028693 A KR20170028693 A KR 20170028693A
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The present invention relates to a device to control a collecting device unit of a robot for mining deep-seabed minerals capable of protecting the collecting device unit and improve an efficiency of mining the deep-seabed minerals; and to a method thereof. The device to control the collecting device unit of the robot for mining deep-seabed minerals comprises: a sound-wave detecting unit installed in a front surface of the collecting device unit, receiving sound waves being reflected after transmitting the sound waves to submarine topography, and outputting information about the transmitted and received sound waves and time information; a topography calculating unit analyzing the information about the transmitted and received sound waves and the time information of the sound-wave detecting unit, and acquiring information about the submarine topography in a front side of a driving direction of the robot; and a posture control cylinder operation calculating unit generating posture control cylinder driving signals enabling the collecting device unit to be positioned in a location where the collecting device unit collides with no obstacles, or a location where the collecting device unit generates a best Coanda effect based on the topography information and outputting the signals to a power control measurement unit. The device to control the collecting device unit of the robot for mining deep-seabed minerals provides the effects of protecting the collecting device unit of the mining robot when mining the deep-seabed minerals, and improves the efficiency of mining the deep-seabed minerals.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a device for controlling a collecting device of a deep-sea mineral-concentrating robot and a method thereof. BACKGROUND ART < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present invention relates to a light collecting robot for collecting minerals in a deep sea bed, and more particularly, to a collecting robot for collecting minerals in a deep seabed so as to protect the collecting unit by controlling the height of the collecting unit in accordance with the inclination and altitude of the deep- And more particularly, to a device for controlling a collecting device of a deep sea anthracite mineral concentrating robot and a method thereof.

Deep seabed mineral resources are largely submarine hydrothermal, manganese nodule, manganese, and are entering the market for full-scale production worldwide.

The manganese nodule is a multicomponent nodule containing copper, cobalt, nickel, and manganese. The manganese nodule has the largest content of manganese and has a lumpy shape like a potato, and is called a 'manganese nodule'. It is usually 40 to 60 mm in diameter, and is usually concentric to the nucleus of sharks, manganese nodules, and stones.

Such manganese nodules are industrially valuable and are being studied at the OMI (Ocean Management Incorporated) in the late 1970s, and various methods have been proposed for mining systems.

Korean Patent Laid-open Publication No. 10-2011-0045135 (published on May 04, 2011) discloses a portable terminal which is remotely controlled from a mining bus to a control unit and is moved by a traveling device of an endless track, A mining roller installed on a front surface of the main body and being moved forward and backward by a cylinder arm to mining and first crushing the minerals; and a mining roller for collecting minerals mined by the mining rollers, A transfer path formed in the main body for transferring the minerals collected from the minus receipt and the collection of minerals provided on an end side of the transfer path is made by a suction operation And a hydraulic suction pump to help the hydrothermal ventilation of the submerged minerals.

Korean Patent No. 10-1348112 (published on Dec. 30, 2013) discloses a technique for transferring a manganese nodule to a float using a Coanda effect in order to easily collect manganese nodules, And Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1391634 (published on May 12, 2014) discloses a deep sea bottom mineral nodule collecting robot using the Coanda effect.

However, the light collecting robots disclosed in the above-mentioned prior art documents can not only generate a proper Coanda effect during the movement of the light collecting robot but also prevent the collision with the submarine surface feature, There is a problem in that it does not have a configuration to control according to the terrain.

Patent Document 1: Korean Published Patent Application No. 10-2011-0045135 (Published on May 04, 2011) Patent Document 2: Korean Patent No. 10-1348112 (published on December 30, 2013) Patent Document 3: Korean Patent No. 10-1391634 (Announcement 2014. 05. 12.)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the conventional art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for collecting minerals distributed on deep- By controlling the inclination and elevation variable control according to the topography of the ocean floor, the collection unit which induces the effect and facilitates the transfer of the mineral to the duct is easy to collect the mineral using the Coanda effect without affecting the feature. The present invention also provides a device for controlling a collecting unit of a deep sea anthracite mineral concentrating robot and a method thereof, which prevent breakage of the collecting unit by the feature material.

In order to accomplish the above object, the apparatus for controlling a collecting apparatus of a deep sea mineral concentrating robot of the present invention comprises a plurality of traveling apparatuses and a front surface of the traveling apparatus for spraying seawater and collecting seabed mineral by the coanda effect And a power measuring control unit for controlling the position of the collecting unit using the collecting unit including at least one collecting device unit and the attitude control cylinder, wherein the collecting robot is mounted on the front of the collecting unit, A sound wave detector for receiving the reflected sound wave and outputting the transmitted and received sound wave information and time information; A terrain computing unit for analyzing the transmission / reception sound wave information and the time information of the sound wave detecting unit to acquire the submarine topography information located on the entire running surface of the light focusing robot; And a controller for calculating an attitude control cylinder driving signal for causing the collecting device to generate an optimal Coanda effect or a position that does not collide with the submarine obstacle, And an attitude control cylinder driving operation unit for driving the attitude control cylinder.

The apparatus for controlling the collecting unit of the deep sea mineral-concentrating robot includes a tilt detector for detecting a tilt of the light-collecting robot and a relative tilt of the collecting unit with respect to the collecting robot; A slope calculating unit for calculating and outputting an optimal slope of the collecting unit for the light collecting robot for each specific location of the seabed topography using the topographic information; And a movement time calculation unit for calculating and outputting a movement time of the light collecting robot for each specific position of the seabed topography using the topographic information, wherein the posture control cylinder driving calculation unit is further configured to calculate, The posture control cylinder driving signal may be calculated using the optimal inclination information of the collecting device for the robot and the moving time information for each position and output to the power control measuring part.

At least one sound wave detecting unit may be provided on the front surface of the collecting device.

The posture control cylinder driving signal may include a collecting device unit integrated control signal for controlling the collecting device unit as one unit, a collecting device unit group control signal for collecting and controlling collecting device units constituting the collecting device unit, And a collecting device unit independent control signal to be controlled.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a method for controlling a collecting device of a deep sea mineral concentrating robot including a plurality of traveling devices and a plurality of collecting device units, A control method of a collecting apparatus of a light collecting robot including a collecting apparatus unit, a power control measuring unit, and a sound wave signal detecting unit for controlling the collecting apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: A sound wave signal detection process of receiving a sound wave signal reflected from the sound wave signal and outputting the sound wave and the time information; A terrain computing process of obtaining the undersea topography information using the transmission / reception sound waves and the time information; And a controller for calculating an attitude control cylinder driving signal for causing the collecting device to generate an optimal Coanda effect or a position that does not collide with the submarine obstacle, And a collecting device unit control step of controlling the collecting device.

A tilt detecting step of detecting a tilt of the light collecting robot and a relative tilt of the collecting unit with respect to the light collecting robot; A slope calculating step of calculating and outputting an optimum slope of the collecting unit for the light collecting robot for each specific location of the seabed topography using the topographic information; And a movement time calculation step of calculating and outputting a movement time of the light collecting robot according to a specific position of the sea floor topography using the topography information, and in the collecting device control step, in addition to the topography information, By using the optimum inclination information and moving time information of the collecting unit for the star light collecting robot, it is possible to set the position where the collecting device unit generates the optimal Coanda effect for each position of the submarine topography, or the position which does not collide with the submarine obstacle And calculating and outputting the posture control cylinder driving signal.

The posture control cylinder drive signal may include a collecting device unit integrated control signal for controlling the collecting device unit as one unit, collecting device unit group control signals for grouping and controlling collecting device units constituting collecting device units, collecting device units constituting the collecting device unit, And a collecting device unit control process of controlling the collecting device unit in accordance with the collecting device unit integrated control signal. A collecting device unit group control process of grouping adjoining collecting device units into one group and performing position control for each collecting device unit group according to collecting device unit group control signals provided for each group; Or a collecting device unit independent control process for independently controlling collecting device units constituting a collecting device unit according to the collecting device unit independent control signal; And a control step of controlling the operation of the control unit.

In order to easily collect the minerals distributed on the surface of the deep sea floor, the present invention having the above-described structure is characterized in that a collecting unit for feeding the mineral with the duct is easily moved by giving a curvature to the lower surface and spraying water jet, The inclination and the variable control of the elevation according to the terrain of the surface are performed to efficiently collect minerals using the Coanda effect without affecting the feature, thereby providing an effect of remarkably improving the efficiency of collecting the deep sea mineral.

In addition, the present invention provides the effect of preventing damage of the light collecting robot by the unhanging feature by preventing the collecting device from colliding with the undersea feature.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a deep sea mineral condensing robot including a functional block diagram of a collection unit controller according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a plan view showing the structure of a collecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of Fig.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of Fig. 2; Fig.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of FIG. 2 as viewed from below; FIG.
6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing in detail the lower end of the collecting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a plan view showing in detail the lower part of the collecting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of Fig.
Figs. 9 and 10 are perspective views of Fig. 8; Fig.
11 is an enlarged view of an enlarged view of a water jet spray nozzle in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is an exemplary view showing a structure of a flow plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a graph illustrating an experimental example for designing the injection nozzle and the flow plate according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
14 is a photograph showing a rake according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a flowchart of a method of controlling a collecting unit of a deep sea mineral concentrating robot of the present invention.
FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing a detailed processing procedure of a collection unit control process (S60) among the collection unit control methods of the deep sea mineral condensing robot. FIG.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings showing embodiments of the present invention.

In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The embodiments according to the concept of the present invention can be variously modified and can take various forms, so that specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the specification or the application. It is to be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the invention to the specific forms of disclosure, and that the invention includes all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises ", or" having ", or the like, specify that there is a stated feature, number, step, operation, , Steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, as a matter of principle.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a deep sea mineral condensing robot including a functional block diagram of a collecting unit control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a deep sea mineral concentrating robot 100 for collecting deep sea sediments such as seabed hydrothermal, manganese nodule, and manganese nodules using the Coanda effect according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of traveling devices 110 A buoyancy unit 160 and a sound wave signal detection unit 171 such as a DVL and a tilt detection unit 173 are connected to a sound source And a collecting device controller 170 for controlling the collecting device 120 such that the collecting device 120 is positioned at a proper height from the bottom of the sea floor when the light collecting robot 100 is traveling.

Hereinafter, a deep-sea-bottom mineral concentrating robot 100 for collecting minerals using the Coanda effect according to the embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described.

First, the traveling device unit 110 is detachably arranged in parallel with each other.

The collection device unit 120 is installed in front of the plurality of traveling devices 110 to form and spread a water jet flow. As a result, the Coanda effect is induced to float the deep sea sediments easily and enter the interior of the light collecting robot 100. The collection device unit 120 is configured to increase the condensing efficiency by arranging a plurality of collection device units arranged in parallel so that the collection device unit 120 can be independently driven, thereby increasing the condensing area of the condensing robot 100 when traveling. In the case of FIG. 1, the four first to fourth collecting device units 120a to 120d constitute the collecting device unit 120, but the number of collecting device units is not limited thereto.

The dispatcher unit 130 is installed above the plurality of travel units 110, and crushes the collected mineral nodules to a predetermined size or less and sends them out.

The power control measuring unit 140 is installed on the plurality of traveling devices 110 and provides power to the traveling device 110 and controls the driving of the collecting device 120 and the transmitting device 130 . The power control measuring unit 140 may control the collecting device unit 120a to adjust the attitude of each of the collecting device units 120a to 120d of the collecting device 120 according to the control signal of the collecting device controlling unit 170, To 120d, respectively.

The structure frame 150 connects each traveling unit 110 and supports the collecting unit 120, the delivering unit 130 and the power control measuring unit 140.

A buoyancy portion 160 is installed at the upper end of the structure frame 150.

The collection unit control unit 170 provides a control signal for controlling the height of the collection device unit 120 to the power control measurement unit 140 in accordance with the change in the topography of the deep sea floor while the light collecting robot 100 is running, The device unit 120 is positioned at the optimum position of occurrence of the coanda effect at the upper portion of the deep sea floor to increase the light condensing efficiency and prevent the flow plate 125 and the like from colliding with the breakaway obstacle, And prevent malfunction. Thus, the collecting device 120 effectively floods the minerals distributed in the deep sea floor and allows them to flow into the interior of the condensing robot 100.

As shown in FIG. 1, the collecting unit control unit 170 for the above-described driving includes an acoustic wave signal detecting unit 171, a tilt detecting unit 173, a terrain calculating unit 175 A movement time calculating section 177, a warp arithmetic section 176, and an attitude control cylinder drive arithmetic section 178.

The sound wave signal detecting unit 171 is constituted by a DVL (Doppler Velocity Log) or the like and emits a sound wave to the front of the light collecting robot 100 to receive a sound wave signal reflected from the undersurface of the traveling path. In the case of FIG. 1, the two sound wave signal detecting units 171 having the above-described structure are mounted on the collecting device units 120a and 120d located on both sides of the collecting device 120 and are disposed on both sides of the collecting robot 100 in the traveling direction And is shown receiving a sound wave signal that is reflected off the seabed. However, the sound wave signal detecting unit 171 may be mounted on only one collecting unit 120a located on one side of the collecting unit 120, and may be mounted on each of the collecting unit 120a-120d And collecting unit units may be grouped and then grouped.

The inclination detecting unit 173 detects the inclination of the light collecting robot 100 with respect to the inclination of the light collecting robot 100 and the inclination of the light collecting robot 100 with respect to the horizontal to control the accurate height of the collecting apparatus 120 . 1 to 4, the inclination detecting unit 173 is disposed on the collecting device support frame 153, one end of which is rotatably coupled to the collecting device 120 and the collecting device 120 of the structure frame 150 The relative inclination of the collecting device part 120 with respect to the structural frame 150 and the relative inclination of the collecting device part 120 with respect to the horizontal direction of the condensing robot 100 are not limited to the positions shown in the drawings, It can be mounted at any position capable of detecting the inclination of the vehicle.

The terrain computing unit 175 performs computation using the time difference from the sound wave signal received from the undersurface topography through the sound wave signal detector 171 to the time of receiving the reflected sound wave from the sound wave transmission, .

The slope arithmetic unit 176 detects the relative inclination of the collecting unit 120 for the position of the optimal flow plate 125 with respect to the submarine surface position using the topography information obtained from the terrain computing unit 175, do.

The travel time calculating unit 177 analyzes the sound wave signal detected by the sound wave signal detecting unit 171 to detect the terrain of the front surface of the light collecting robot 100 in the traveling direction, An obstacle or obstacle topographic type, and calculates and outputs a time at which the flow plate 125 of the collecting device 120 reaches the measured terrain position.

The posture control cylinder drive arithmetic operation unit 178 calculates the posture control cylinder drive arithmetic operation unit 178 based on the terrain information in the traveling direction of the light converging robot 100 generated by the operation of the terrain operation unit 175, The arrival time information of the flow plates 125 of the apparatus unit 120 and the relative inclination or tilt information of the collecting apparatus 120 with respect to the light collecting robot 100 at the submarine topographic position obtained by the warp operation unit 176 The posture control unit 120 causes the collecting device unit 120 to have a position relative to the bottom surface of the sea floor where the coanda effect is generated and a position that does not collide with the undersea obstacle in accordance with the change in the terrain shape of the light converging robot 100, Calculates a cylinder drive signal, and outputs the calculated cylinder drive signal to the power control measurement unit (140). The output signal of the attitude control generator may be a signal for integrally controlling, grouping, or independently controlling each of the collecting unit units 120a to 120d as a whole.

The sound wave detector 171, the sound wave signal detector 171, the slope detector 173, the terrain calculator 175 and the travel time calculator 177 in the configuration of the collecting apparatus controller 170 are connected to a DVL (Doppler Velocity Log) And the like.

In addition, the collecting apparatus sub-controller 170 having the above-described configuration may be integrally configured with the power measuring controller 140. [

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the structure of the collecting apparatus 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of FIG. 2, FIG.

2 to 5, a collecting device 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a water pump 121, a water jet pipe 122, a conveying duct 123, a water jet nozzle 124, A flow plate 125, a posture control cylinder liner 126, a rake 127, and a seating frame 128.

2 to 5, a collecting device 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, a water pump 121 is provided on the upper part of the collection device unit 120. The water pump 121 branches the water jet pipe 122 and interlocks with the water jet injection nozzle 124. That is, the water pump 121 pumps the seawater and supplies it to the water jet nozzle 124 through the water jet pipe 122. The water jet injection nozzle 124 injects the water jet supplied from the water pump 121 toward the flow plate 125. Then, a flow of seawater is formed in the flow plate 125, and the seawater is diffused and moved along the plane of the flow plate 125 by the Coanda effect. By the Coanda effect generated in this way, the minerals on the seabed surface are readily floated by seawater and introduced into the conveying duct 123. At this time, the posture control cylinder 126 is contracted or stretched according to the output signal of the power control measuring unit 140 that receives the posture control cylinder driving signal, so that the collecting unit 120 is positioned at a position suitable for generating the coanda effect And adjusts the height of the collecting device unit 120 so as to avoid obstacles in the sea floor topography. The minerals that are not introduced into the conveying duct 123 during the mining operation are introduced into the conveying duct 123 by the rake 127. In addition, the seating frame 128 may be configured such that a plurality of collection units 120 are seated in parallel.

The flow plate 125 preferably has a certain radius of curvature to induce the Coanda effect. Therefore, the design of the flow plate 125 is important to produce an effective Coanda effect. Refer to FIGS. 6 to 11 for the details.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing in detail the lower end of the collecting device 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a plan view showing in detail the lower part of the collecting device 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention, 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 7, FIGS. 9 and 10 are perspective views of FIG. 8, and FIG. 11 is an enlarged view showing an enlarged view of a water jet nozzle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 to 11, in order to cause the coanda effect in the flow plate 125 by the water jet injection nozzle 124, the water jet injection nozzle 124 and the flow plate 125 need to have a constant relationship . This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 12 and FIG.

12 is an exemplary view showing the structure of the flow plate 125 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 12, the flow plate 125 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with a water jet injection nozzle 124 at the head thereof.

First, the water pump 121 pumps the seawater to the hydraulic jet injection nozzle 124 to add a constant speed to the seawater discharged from the water jet injection nozzle 124.

Then, the water jet injection nozzle 124 discharges the seawater to the flow plate 125.

12, when the manganese nodule B is assumed to be a sphere having a diameter of 60 mm, the distance d between the sea bed and the flow plate 125 is twice to three times the height of the manganese nodule B, Preferably 120 mm to 180 mm. Here, the sea floor means the surface of the sea floor.

That is, assuming that the distance between the sea floor and the flow plate 125 is d and that the diameter of the deep-sea mineral is m, the following relation 2 d ≤ d ≤ 3 m is established between d and m. At this time, when it is not a sphere, the maximum diameter or the maximum diameter and the average diameter of the minimum diameter can be set to m. Hereinafter, the manganese nodule (B) in the deep seabed mineral will be described as an example.

FIG. 13 is an exemplary graph for designing the injection nozzle 124 and the flow plate 125 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

That is, FIG. 13 is a graph illustrating the following equations (1) and (2) through an experimental example.

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With this design, the sea water discharged from the water jet spray nozzle 124 flows along the flow plate 125, causing a coanda effect.

Particularly, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the vertical width h of the discharge port (a) of the water jet spray nozzle 124 is preferably determined by the diffusion width. That is, the diffusion width is preferably 3 to 6 times the vertical width (h) of the discharge port (a) of each water jet injection nozzle 124.

In this manner, the vertical width h of the discharge port of the water jet spray nozzle 124 is determined, and an effective floatation force can be obtained at a relatively small flow rate.

That is, the upper and lower widths h of the discharge ports a of the respective water jet nozzles 124 are preferably determined to be 1/3 of the width of the diffusion. For example, when the diffusion width is assumed to be 60 mm, The upper and lower width h of the discharge port of the nozzle 122 can be determined to be 20 mm.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the vertical width (h) of the discharge port (a) of the water jet spray nozzle 124 is determined to be 1/3 of the diffusion width, but any one of 1/6 to 1/3 It is preferable to determine one of the range values.

It is preferable that the flow plate 125 has a constant curvature R1 so that the Coanda effect is generated.

The effective location of the manganese nodule B above the manganese nodule B can be expected to be near the half jet width.

On the other hand, the unloaded manganese nodule B flows into the interior of the conveying duct 123 by a rake 127.

14 is a photograph showing a rake 127 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 14, the rake 127 according to the embodiment of the present invention is installed on the lower portion of the flow plate 125 to introduce the untreated manganese nodule B into the duct. Here, the rake 127 has a rake shape in which the front end portion is in close contact with the bottom surface and the height gradually increases toward the rear end portion. The advantage of the rake shape is that the impurities such as mud of the sea floor can be easily discharged to the rear. Therefore, the manganese nodule B that has not flowed can be introduced into the light collecting robot 100 by lifting the manganese nodule B in the traveling direction of the light collecting robot 100.

The seawater injected from the water jet injection nozzle 124 causes the coanda effect to flow along the surface of the flow plate 125 by causing the flow plate 125 of the collecting device unit 120 to have a constant curvature, It is possible to collect deep sea bottom mineral such as hydrothermal phase, manganese nodule, manganese angle on the surface easily.

15 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a collecting unit of the deep sea mineral concentrating robot of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 15, the method of controlling a collecting device of a deep sea mineral concentrating robot of the present invention includes a sound signal detecting step S10, a tilt detecting step S20, a terrain calculating step S30, ), A movement time calculation process (S50), and a collecting device control process (S60).

The sound wave signal detection process S10 transmits a sound wave to the bottom of the sea through the sound wave signal detection unit 171, receives the sound wave signal reflected from the sea floor, converts it into an electric signal, and outputs the electric signal.

The inclination detecting process S20 may be performed independently of the sound wave signal detecting process S10 and may be performed periodically or at every time when inclination detection is required and the inclination of the light collecting robot 100 with respect to the horizontal and the inclination of the collecting device 120 or the collecting device unit 120a to 120d detect and output the relative tilt to the light-converging robot 100, respectively.

The terrain computing step S30 computes the time difference between the transmission of the sound wave and the reception of the sound wave signal from the sound wave signal reflected from the sea floor surface outputted from the sound wave signal detection unit 171, And generates shape information of the undersea topography.

The inclination calculation process S40 may include a step of calculating a tilt of the condensing robot 100 with respect to the horizontal and the tilt of the collecting unit 120 or the collecting unit 120a- The collection device unit 120 or the collection device units 120a to 120d at a specific location on the seabed ground surface can be collected by a collection device for an optimal location of the flow plate 125 by sea floor position, And detects the optimal position of the flow plate 125 for the light-converging robot 100 so that the relative inclination or obstacle relative to the light-collecting robot 120 does not collide with the flow plate 125. [

The moving time calculation process S50 is a process of calculating the moving time S30 from the position of the flow plate 125 of the collection unit 120 of the current measurement time using the relative moving speed detected by the sound wave signal detection unit 171, And calculates a moving time to a position corresponding to an obstacle or a height change position or the like.

The control unit S60 may control the operation of the collecting device unit 120 or the collecting device unit 130 in the terrain calculation process S30, the inclination of the condensing device 100 detected in the tilt calculating process S40, The collecting unit control unit 170 controls the light collecting robot 100 using the tilt information relative to the light collecting apparatus 100 of the light collecting apparatuses 120a to 120d and the moving time information to the specific position obtained by the moving time calculating step S50, So that the harvesting apparatus 120 or each of the harvesting apparatus units 120a to 120d has an optimal relative position at which a coanda effect occurs from the seabed ground or avoids collision with an obstacle And outputs the control cylinder drive control signal to the power control measuring unit 140. [

At this time, the control cylinder drive control signal includes a collecting device unit integrated control signal for controlling the collecting device unit 120 as one, a collecting device unit group control unit for collecting and controlling the collecting device units 120a to 120d constituting the collecting device unit 120, And a collecting device unit independent control signal for independently controlling the collecting device units 120a to 120d constituting the collecting device unit 120. [

Therefore, in the body collection device control process S60, a collecting device unit integration control process S61 for controlling the collecting device unit 120 as one unit according to the collecting device unit integrated control signal, A collecting device unit group control process (S63) for performing position control for each collecting device unit group in accordance with the collecting device unit group control signal provided to the collecting device unit group control signal or the collecting device unit group And a collecting device unit independent controlling process (S65) for controlling the plurality of collecting device units 120a to 120d independently.

The control by the collecting device unit integrated control signal among the control cylinder driving control signals described above controls all the collecting device units 120a to 120d in the same manner. The control by the collecting device unit group control signal is performed by grouping the first and second collecting device units 120a and 120b of the collecting device units 120a to 120d into one group and controlling the third and fourth collecting device units 120c And 120d are grouped into another group so that the collecting unit units are grouped by collecting unit group according to the topography of the entire surface of the group of collecting unit units.

The control by the collecting device unit independent control signal causes the collecting device units to be individually controlled according to the front surface shape of the individual collecting device units. That is, the efficiency of control for improving the collecting efficiency of the collecting device 120 and preventing the breakage of the collecting device 120 is the lowest, and the collecting device unit independent control is the highest. On the other hand, in terms of the cost saving efficiency of the equipment and the processing efficiency, the collecting unit integrated control is the highest and the collecting unit independent control is the lowest. Accordingly, the present invention can be implemented by selecting any one of the collecting device unit integrated control, the collecting device unit group control, and the collecting device unit independent control according to the situation. Alternatively, the collecting device unit integration control, the collecting device unit group control, and the collecting device unit independent control function may be provided to the light collecting robot, and then the collecting device unit may be controlled by selecting the control method of the collecting device according to the situation.

100: light collecting robot 110: traveling unit
120: Collecting device part 130: Feeder part
140: Power control measuring unit 150: Structure frame
160: buoyancy part 121: water pump
122: water jet piping 123: conveying duct
124: injection nozzle 125:
126: attitude control device 127: rake
128: seat frame 170: collecting unit control unit

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A plurality of traveling devices, and at least one collecting device unit installed on the front of the traveling device for collecting seabed mineral by the coanda effect by spraying seawater, and the position of the collecting device And a power measurement control unit for controlling the power measurement unit,
A sound wave detecting unit mounted on a front surface of the collecting unit to receive a reflected sound wave after transmitting a sound wave to the undersurface and output sound wave information and time information;
A terrain computing unit for analyzing the transmission / reception sound wave information and the time information of the sound wave detecting unit to acquire the submarine topography information located on the entire running surface of the light focusing robot; And
The control unit calculates a posture control cylinder driving signal for causing the collecting device unit to generate an optimal Coanda effect or a position that does not collide with the seabed obstacle by using the topography information, and outputs the posture control cylinder driving signal to the power control measuring unit And an attitude control cylinder driving arithmetic operation unit.
The method according to claim 1,
A tilt detector for detecting a tilt of the light collecting robot and a relative tilt of the light collecting robot relative to the light collecting robot;
A slope calculating unit for calculating and outputting an optimal slope of the collecting unit for the light collecting robot for each specific location of the seabed topography using the topographic information; And
And a movement time calculation unit for calculating and outputting a movement time of the light collecting robot for each specific position of the sea floor topography using the topographic information,
The posture control cylinder drive calculation unit calculates the posture control cylinder drive signal by using the optimal inclination information and the movement time information of each position of the collecting unit for the light collecting robot for each position in addition to the topography information and outputs it to the power control measuring unit Wherein the controller is configured to control the collection device of the deep-sea mineral-concentrating robot.
The sound wave detecting apparatus according to claim 1,
Wherein at least one is installed on the surface of the collecting device.
2. The control system according to claim 1, wherein the posture control cylinder drive signal
A collecting device unit integrated control signal for controlling the collecting device unit as one, a collecting device unit group for collecting and controlling collecting device units constituting collecting device unit, collecting device unit for independently controlling collecting device units constituting collecting device unit control signal, Signal of the deep-sea mineral-concentrating robot.
A collecting device unit including a plurality of traveling devices and a plurality of collecting device units and being positionally controlled by an attitude control cylinder to collect minerals by the Coanda effect, a power control measuring unit and an acoustic signal detecting unit to control the collecting unit A collecting device control method of a light collecting robot including a collecting device control part,
A sound wave signal detection process of transmitting a sound wave from the sound wave signal detection unit and receiving the sound wave signal reflected from the sea floor, and outputting the sound wave and the time information;
A terrain computing process of obtaining the undersea topography information using the transmission / reception sound waves and the time information; And
The control unit calculates a posture control cylinder driving signal for causing the collecting device unit to generate an optimal Coanda effect or a position that does not collide with the seabed obstacle by using the topography information, and outputs the posture control cylinder driving signal to the power control measuring unit And a control unit for controlling the collecting unit of the deep-sea mineral-concentrating robot.
The method of claim 5,
A tilt detecting step of detecting a tilt of the light collecting robot and a relative tilt of the collecting unit with respect to the light collecting robot;
A slope calculating step of calculating and outputting an optimum slope of the collecting unit for the light collecting robot for each specific location of the seabed topography using the topographic information; And
And a movement time calculation step of calculating and outputting a movement time of the light collecting robot for each specific position of the sea floor topography using the topographic information,
In addition to the terrain information, the control unit may control the collecting unit to acquire optimal optimal tilt information for each position of the submarine topography using the optimal tilt information and the moving time information of each of the collecting apparatuses, And calculating and outputting a posture control cylinder drive signal for causing the posture control cylinder drive signal to have a position at which the effect occurs or a position at which the posture control does not collide with the submarine obstacle.
6. The control system according to claim 5,
A collecting device unit integrated control signal for controlling the collecting device unit as one, a collecting device unit group for collecting and controlling collecting device units constituting collecting device unit, collecting device unit for independently controlling collecting device units constituting collecting device unit control signal, Wherein the at least one of the at least one signal and the at least one signal is at least one of a signal and a signal.
The method according to claim 5,
A collecting unit integrated control process of controlling the collecting unit in accordance with the collecting unit integrated control signal;
A collecting device unit group control process of grouping adjoining collecting device units into one group and performing position control for each collecting device unit group according to collecting device unit group control signals provided for each group; or
A collecting device unit independent control process for independently controlling collecting device units constituting a collecting device unit according to the collecting device unit independent control signal; And a control unit for controlling at least one of the control unit and the control unit.
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