Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)
Contact Details
The Director,
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography (NIO),
Dona Paula, Goa, INDIA - 403004
Tel: +91 832-2450200, Fax: +91 832-2450602,
Email: director@nio.org, www.nio.org
- IPR Status Patent / Copyright / Trademark Secured in India / Abroad IPR Details
- Patent not yet filed
- Application / Uses
Oceanographic in-situ data collection
- Salient Technical Features including Competing Features
Fully autonomous, pre-programmed missions, easy to operate through a user friendly GUI. Length 1.8m, diameter 0.23m,depth range 200m, nominal speed 1.5m/s, endurance ~ 6 hrs. Science payloads: CTD sensor, Chlorophyll sensor, Oxygen
- Level/Scale of Development
- Working prototype is developed and tested for all the features.
- Environmental Considerations
- Runs on rechargeable batteries. Environment friendly material used for construction.
- Status of Commercialization
- Technology Transferred to M/S VEA Coimbatore, and M/S L&T Mumbai
- Major Raw Materials to be Utilized
- Aluminum 6061, Acetal, Poly-venyl cell foam
- Major Plant Equipment and Machinery Required
- For production CNC and lathe machines
- Techno-Economics
- Economically feasible
- Technology Package
- Software, Electrical and Mechanical Drawing