Prototype of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) which will be useful for detecting subsea pipeline leak, was a contested concept of an Ocean Engineering Undergraduate Student Team consisted of Mochammad Imron, Muhammad Ikhsan Dwianto dan Bisma Alfian at National Maritime Innovation Contest (Lokarina) Sampan 6 ITS 2012, held at the Nasdec Building, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2012. In the contest. they won the ‘Favorite Prototype’ title.
The ROV made by them was equipped with 4-ballasts system that allowed the ROV’s balance system. In addition for balance system, these ballasts were useful as a floating system during equipment changing. In addition to the ballast system, this ROV was also equipped with a dynamic maneuver system. By using 8 dynamos which can move in a two-way direction, this ROV had more than 6 kinds of motions. The amount of motion was very useful in surveying the subsea pipeline leaks.
The winner of this innovation contest organized by the Student Association of Naval Architecture at ITS received a cash prize of Rp 500,000,-. The contest, passed 20 finalists, which consisted of a total of eight teams from the ITS, 1 team from ITB, 1 team from UGM, 1 team from from UI, 1 team from of IPB, 3 teams from UB, 3 teams from UNDIP and 2 teams from UNY. The juries were consisted of professors from ITS.