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World events have increased the demand for secure high-band-width under water fiber optic communications, and at the same time the telecommunications service providers are struggling with containing the expense of maintenance and protection. As a result of the extended use of sub-sea industries, the number of sub-sea optic services installed continues to increase, and the potential for external attacks on these cables also increases. This article addresses the evolution of a specially designed sub-sea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with a dedicated electromagnetic flux leakage searching arm as part of an associated maintenance arrangement. Current research achievements can apply expert system techniques to the diagnostic system of sub-sea fiber optic cables. These are based on the concept of Ampere’s law, and a method of measuring circulating currents without any physical destruction by testing the suspect section, which is already subject to alternating current flow with selected frequencies.
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This work was presented in part at the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 5–7, 2009
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Hedayati, M.R. Sub-sea fiber optic cable maintenance using a ROV-based flux leakage expert system. Artif Life Robotics 14, 511–514 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0724-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0724-8