News Articles with Category: Propulsion
August 13, 2014 – via SeaBotix
“SeaBotix is proud to be a sponsor of RoboSub and pleased to discover that all the winning teams were equipped with SeaBotix thrusters,” the company stated. Prior to this event, SeaBotix also assists the teams throughout the year by providing engineering support with thrusters and spare parts as well as answering technical questions in preparation for the competition.
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July 11, 2014 – via DARPA TTO
The Blue Wolf program will develop and demonstrate integrated underwater vehicle prototypes able to operate at speed and range combinations previously unachievable in fixed-size platforms, while retaining traditional volume and weight fractions for payloads and electronics. DARPA is seeking proposals for novel concept designs, dynamic lift and drag reduction systems, and innovative hybrid energy systems.
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February 18, 2014 – via European Defence Agency
TURTLE’s aim is to produce new ascent and descent energy-efficient technologies to be incorporated in robotic vehicles used by civil and military stakeholders for underwater operations.
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July 25, 2012 – via InnovationNews
Bart-Smith’s lab built the robot to mimic the nearly silent flaps of a ray’s winglike fins as it swims or glides through the water.
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November 23, 2011 – via American Physical Society
The robot is built out of silicone and uses shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators to swim.
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November 23, 2011 – via Virginia Tech
Researchers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech built an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) inspired by jellyfish morphology and propulsion mechanism
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May 12, 2011 – via Bradenton Herald
The RipJet is an electric water propulsion motor that looks like a miniature aircraft jet turbine engine. The engine provides 40 percent more thrust per horsepower than an outboard motor and 500 percent more thrust than any current water jet pumps used on personal watercraft
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