TEAMER: Electrically Engaged Undulation System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

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This TEAMER RFTS 1 (Request for Technical Support) project supported the flume tank testing of a long range, high endurance unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to monitor maritime space. Today, battery-powered remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) lack the duration to make persistent, wide-area data collection possible.The proposed solution, an Electrically Engaged UnduLation (EEL) drone, can sustain missions for longer duration through hydrodynamic energy harvesting. Power is provisioned via the piezoelectric effect, a material-led phenomenon that converts applied stress into electricity. The EEL subsystems include power, propulsion, navigation, ballast, telemetry, and instrumentation. By mimicking the gait of aquatic eels, EEL can counter currents during maneuvering and level-flight. The identified opportunity is in the future capability of extreme endurance UUVs in swarms. The specific goal for the EEL development is to expand the spatio-temporal coverage of the existing ocean observation mission by overcoming significant challenges of autonomous robotics. Some of the challenges presented include novel compliant mechanism for robust actuation, bio-inspired design to emulate efficient locomotion, smart material-based energy harvesting for sustained power, and swarming architecture through enabled autonomy.

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TY - DATA AB - This TEAMER RFTS 1 (Request for Technical Support) project supported the flume tank testing of a long range, high endurance unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to monitor maritime space. Today, battery-powered remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) lack the duration to make persistent, wide-area data collection possible.The proposed solution, an Electrically Engaged UnduLation (EEL) drone, can sustain missions for longer duration through hydrodynamic energy harvesting. Power is provisioned via the piezoelectric effect, a material-led phenomenon that converts applied stress into electricity. The EEL subsystems include power, propulsion, navigation, ballast, telemetry, and instrumentation. By mimicking the gait of aquatic eels, EEL can counter currents during maneuvering and level-flight. The identified opportunity is in the future capability of extreme endurance UUVs in swarms. The specific goal for the EEL development is to expand the spatio-temporal coverage of the existing ocean observation mission by overcoming significant challenges of autonomous robotics. Some of the challenges presented include novel compliant mechanism for robust actuation, bio-inspired design to emulate efficient locomotion, smart material-based energy harvesting for sustained power, and swarming architecture through enabled autonomy. AU - Lu, Kevin A2 - Datla, Raju DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - 10.15473/2001009 KW - MHK KW - Marine KW - Hydrokinetic KW - energy KW - power KW - TEAMER KW - bio-locomotion KW - EEL KW - Electrically Engaged Undulation KW - oceanographic instruments KW - performance data KW - steady state KW - instruments KW - technology KW - code KW - MATLAB KW - UUV KW - unmanned underwater vehicle KW - piezoelectric effect KW - autonomous robotics KW - RFTS 1 LA - English DA - 2021/10/01 PY - 2021 PB - Pyro-E T1 - TEAMER: Electrically Engaged Undulation System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles UR - https://doi.org/10.15473/2001009 ER -
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Lu, Kevin, and Raju Datla. TEAMER: Electrically Engaged Undulation System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Pyro-E, 1 October, 2021, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15473/2001009.
Lu, K., & Datla, R. (2021). TEAMER: Electrically Engaged Undulation System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. Pyro-E. https://doi.org/10.15473/2001009
Lu, Kevin and Raju Datla. TEAMER: Electrically Engaged Undulation System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Pyro-E, October, 1, 2021. Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15473/2001009
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Data from Oct 1, 2021

Last updated Feb 15, 2024

Submitted Sep 20, 2023

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Pyro-E

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Kevin Lu

510.578.8849

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Kevin Lu

Pyro-E

Raju Datla

Stevens Institute of Technology

DOE Project Details

Project Name Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research

Project Lead Carrie Noonan

Project Number EE0008895

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