Bio-Inspired Self-Burying AUV

Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering

Overview

In between missions, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) typically need to dock or be retrieved out of the water. However, such operations can be timely and difficult to complete. For this project, we design, fabricate, and test a bio-inspired underwater vehicle with self-burying capability that allows for extended deployment by withstanding ocean current and appearing undetectable.

Community Benefit: This project aims to develop a self-burying AUV for various marine applications to remain in the same location between missions and withstand forces. This could aid in long term AUV monitoring of marine ecosystem vitals or potential defense applications where it would remain undetectable under the sand.

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Team Members

• Alexis Base
• Cauhl Cleary
• Anthony Gore
  
• Juan Rios
• Sil Schoonman
• Mackenzie Smith

Sponsor

Naval Engineering Education Consortium, FAU Wave Competition, and FAU Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry