Abstract A system includes a submersible drone comprising a payload, a propulsion system and a navigation system for determining the drone's position relative to a reference position. The drone comprises a magnet for attaching the drone to a submerged ferromagnetic surface of an object. A targeting system comprises a rangefinder for measuring a relative distance between the rangefinder and the object, and an orientation device for determining a relative bearing from the orientation device to the object. A wireless communication system communicatively connects the targeting system and drone together. A guidance system generates drive instructions based on telemetry data, the data including the position, reference position, relative distance and bearing, received in whole or in part via the wireless communication system. A drone control system controls the propulsion system in accordance with the drive instructions to move the drone to the object to attach the magnet to the surface. N IlL CD I, D T-I
SUBMERSIBLE DRONE SYSTEM
2023-05-11
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G08C Übertragungssysteme für Messwerte, Regel-, Steuer- oder ähnliche Signale , TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS / H04B TRANSMISSION , Übertragung |
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