Jens Renken

Collaboration on the development of a hybrid diving robot (H-ROV)

• Concept development of the control system
• Integration of pressure-neutral drive and energy supply components from Enitech:
  Reprogramming of the firmware for the drives and the battery monitoring system
• Design and implementation of the control software based on the communication middleware Orocos and the Robotic Construction Kit Rock.
• Porting the software to the Robot Operation System(ROS)
• Development of a universal, configurable graphical user interface (GUI)

Further development and operation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV)

• Integration of an EM2040 multibeam echosounder into the control software
• Integration of a Benthos SIS1624 sidescan sonar into the control software
• Integration of an IXBlue Echoes 3000 subbottom profiler
• Development of auxiliary programs for data analysis and visualization
• Operation of the device on numerous expeditions

Hardware development for various projects

• Control system for sediment traps
• Autonomous time-controlled data logger for scanning sonars, e.g. for use in moorings
• Device-side control for the MeBo70 seabed drill rig
• 16MPixel particle camera using a digital medium format camera back
• Control system for the wheel-driven vehicle MOVE!
• Sound transmission for the seabed drill rigs

Software development

• Participation in the development of the control software for H-ROV, AUV, MOVE! and MeBo70 and MeBo200
• Firmware for the self-developed hardware
• Various programs and tools
  - Data visualization
  - Conversion of sonar data
  - Display of sensor data
  - Conversion and forwarding of navigation data
• QGIS plugin for displaying the positions of vehicles and other devices based on USBL data and data from other sensors: PosiView
• QGIS plugin for easy handling of placemarkers