Design and development of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Khor, Li Zhe (2018) Design and development of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In the underwater field, Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) are created to help human do marine research. AUV is an unmanned or fully sensors robotic vehicle that is using high technology to bring new capabilities to work in the subsea environment. AUVs had upgraded their technology abilities which able to explore in deep seas. In Malaysia, the studies of the underwater vehicle are still far behind compared to western countries by referring to the case plane crashed MH370. This tragedy motivated the development of underwater research project especially AUV. One of the problems facing AUV which is the depth control and navigation system since it may loss during surveillance because autonomously navigate in the sea. Thus, this project focused on the design and development of a low cost and high-performance AUV with its depth control. In designing the AUV, Solidworks software is used and then the design of AUV undergoes various simulation tests such as stress, strain and displacement test. Next, the hardware that discussed and selected included frame, hull, enclosure box, propulsion and submersion that achieve a certain performance in terms of reliability and controllability. This project uses pressure sensor as depth control to determine the depth of AUV submerge. AUV uses thruster to move it along a vertical and horizontal axis that automatically operate based on the programming coding. In this project, the scope of the study focused on the mechanical design with the size (42.25cm X 55.48cm X 42.56) cm that waterproof and the submerge range of depth about 3 meters.

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