A Mechanism to Deploy a Negatively Buoyant Payload from a Neutrally Buoyant Platform

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

10-5-2020

Department

Marine Science

School

Ocean Science and Engineering

Abstract

We demonstrate a mechanically simple, scalable mechanism to deploy a negatively buoyant payload from a small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. The mechanism compensates for the negative buoyancy of the payload via a vacuum inside the payload chamber. During deployment, the vacuum is released, freeing the payload from the AUV while, at the same time, compensating for any change in buoyancy due to the release of a negatively buoyant payload.

Publication Title

2020 Global Oceans 2020: Singapore - U.S. Gulf Coast

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