Design of Highly Efficient Jet Propelled Robot for Surface Inspection

Vehicles designed to use ground effect forces to control a positioning of the vehicle relative to a surface as well as their methods of use are described.

Researchers

Sampriti Bhattacharyya / Michael Triantafyllou / Haruhiko Asada

Departments: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technology Areas: Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment, Robotics / Sensing & Imaging: Imaging
Impact Areas: Uncharted Frontiers

  • underwater vehicle design and control methods
    United States of America | Granted | 10,011,335
  • underwater vehicle design and control methods
    China | Published application
  • underwater vehicle design and control methods
    Japan | Published application

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