Mechanical Systems Development and Integration for a Second Generation Robot Submarine.

Abstract

The Dept. of Ocean Engineering at M.I.T. has been involved with the production of a robot submarine since the Summer of 1975. A first generation submarine was built, tested and was used for two years before a second generation design was begun. The second generation design was considerably more ambitious than the first, but the design was essentially finished by the Spring of 1979. Development work for the submarine and the production of actual hardware was begun in the Summer of 1979 and was pursued by two separate paths - the electronic systems and the mechanical systems. This thesis describes the mechanical systems development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA134085

Entities

People

  • James William White

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Ballast Tanks
  • Battery Compartments
  • Connectors
  • Control Systems
  • Dry Batteries
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Hulls (Marine)
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Pressure Hulls
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Regulators
  • Solenoid Valves
  • Submarine Hulls

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems