A novel bionic AUV from EvoLogics
October 23, 2019
EvoLogics introduces “Poggy” – a novel bionic autonomous underwater vehicle that uses Fin-Ray® technology.
https://youtu.be/mVI23-v5ugg
The vehicle is being developed as part of BONUS SEAMOUNT collaborative R&D project and made its first dives at Breaking The Surface 2019 workshop in early October 2019.
Nicknamed “Poggy”, the AUV is a one of a kind, novel bionic design with two propulsion thrusters and two independent flexible “tails” that give the robot unique mobility features.
The goal of BONUS SEAMOUNT is to develop innovative autonomous vehicles and integrated sensor systems for complex real-time sea surveying, analysis and monitoring, and then to apply these in the study of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in the Baltic Sea. SEAMOUNT UUVs would locate and monitor SGD and associated nutrients and/or pollutants in coastal waters.