A charging system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a charging station having a base positioned in water, a pole extending in the vertical direction, and a charging unit; and an AUV having an underwater vehicle body, a power reception unit, a holding device having a pair of guide parts that guide a contacted pole from the advancing-direction side into a holding position and a holding part that holds the pole guided into the holding position such that the pole is capable of relative rotation, a propulsion generation device that generates propulsion force in the horizontal direction, and a control device that controls the propulsion generation device; the base and the underwater vehicle body being provided, respectively, with a light emitter and a light receiver, and the control device controlling the propulsion generation device so that the light receiver reaches a rotation position, in relation to the pole, at which light emitted from the light emitter is received.


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    Title :

    CHARGING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE AND METHOD OF LIFTING AND RECOVERING AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE


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    Publication date :

    2021-10-21


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen / B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen



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