An Engineer
Online article reports on a new European project that aims to
increase the reliability of AUVs. They hope to find
ways to reduce the
cost, complexity, and risk of failure or loss. All these problems seem to
plague the current generation of these undersea robots. Sandor
Veres of Southampton University will be leading the effort, helped
by computer scientists Alessio Lomuscio of
Imperial College, and many other researchers. In related news,
Southampton University recently announced a design
breakthrough for AUVs. Most AUVs use complex hydraulic thruster
systems with as many as 350 moving parts. Southhampton has developed a
simple
electric thruster system with just a few moving parts. To replace the
hydraulics a significant size reduction of electric thrusters had to be
achieved by integrating the motor and thruster
components into a single unit.
Source: http://www.netchain.com
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