Development of a Tightly Sealed AUV Moving by Rotation

Abstract

At present, the offshore development field is attracting attention as an energy supply target with the expansion of energy demand. This paper describes the results of research on an underwater floating mobile robot that can be active in the field of ocean development. The underwater mobile robot is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with a new structure consisting only of an outer shell and an internal drive controller. This aircraft has a new drive mechanism that uses the difference in angular kinetic energy to obtain thrust by rotating the outer shell. A prototype of an underwater floating mobile robot was fabricated, and the operation of the driving mechanism was verified.