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India to commercially market indigenously made submarine robot

by israeli.agent | September 13, 2009 at 04:20 am

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India is planning to commercially maket the indigenously developed AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) "Maya" in the international market.

India is exploring the possibility of commercially marketing submarine robot.

Goa-based country's premier ocean research organisation, National Institute of Oceanography, which had successfully tried and tested its indigenous autonomous underwater vehicle, has signed a technology commercialisation agreement with Coimbatore-based VEA Automation and Robotics Private Limited, an NIO scientist said.

The applications of such AUVs are in search and survey opeations, science missions, marine biological research , warning systems for sea level changes like tsunami and high tide etc.

"Maya" can be used in salt water as well as fresh water environments.

Maya - a small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), developed by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), fitted with sensors for oxygen, chlorophyll, conductivity, turbidity, temperature and depth recently performed two test missions in the Iddukki Dam in Kerala. In the first mission the vehicle was programmed to dive to different depths in a staircase pattern up to 21m, and in the second mission at 1m-depth upto 4 kilometers of continuous operation. She successfully collected data in both the missions.

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sara star

at 04:41 on September 13th, 2009

The AUV 'Maya', developed by NIO scientists in 2006, can be a substitute for divers to collect data from the bottom of the ocean in dangerous situations.

sara star

at 04:48 on September 13th, 2009

Has anyone seen Waldo??? A $500 reward is offered for the missing AUV.

Waldo please call home! - Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida.

The 6-foot-long, 115-pound "Waldo" underwater robot reportedly cost in the neighborhood of $100,000, and is used to help detect red tide. It was first lost in late July, and was most recently heard from on August 31 -- with researchers receiving no reply from Waldo.

israeli.agent

at 06:07 on September 13th, 2009

Looks like it is the electronics that went kaput in the case of Waldo.I am inclined to give benefit of doubt to the mechanical parts.

Waldo was making reports every two hours, Then, bam, it just stopped sending a signal. There are a few possibilities that we think are likely: It could have had a major leak or malfunction and sank to the bottom and is just sitting there. Or, it could have had a malfunction with its computer or its communication system and is floating on the surface but unable to tell us that it’s there.

.Agent.