IIT students develop underwater robot

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IIT students develop underwater robot

By Athul Lal A G - KOZHIKODE 17th May 2013 08:59 AM

Giving a major fillip to the Indian Navy's underwater surveillance, a group of students of IIT Bombay has conceptualised a multi-utility underwater robot as part of a research project sponsored by NIRDESH(National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding). This is for the first time in the country that such a device has been developed for defence purpose, defence sources said. To be named 'Matsya', the prototype of the robot would be submitted to NIRDESH by September 2013. On the technical side, having equipped with cameras onboard, 'Matsya' can be used to assess damage of the ships underwater and monitor the functioning of the propellers. The robot also comes with the facility for carrying out underwater welding if required. As far as the security aspects are concerned, the robot would be a shot in the arm for defence vessels for underwater surveillance as well as for commando operations.

In a bid to tap the research and development potential among students, NIRDESH had invited projects from IIT Bombay and Delhi. Of the seven proposals submitted, the technical sub-committee of NIRDESH has given a green signal to the 'underwater robot' project submitted by team 'Matysa' of IIT Bombay. The group comprises students from various disciplines including Material Science, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

NIRDESH, the mega defence undertaking, is being established at Chaliyam in Kozhikode as part of the indigenisation efforts of the Navy and is aimed at promoting research and development in warship design and thereby developing an indigenous capability to design each and every equipment required for warship building.

Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, which has been entrusted with the responsibility of building the Nirdesh infrastructure, has recently issued tenders for consultancy to prepare a Master Plan and Detailed Project Report(DPR).

Tender enquiries were issued on May 10 to 17 consultants who had been short-listed from the 22 firms, which had expressed interest in the project.

IIT students develop underwater robot - The New Indian Express

 

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website of autonomous underwater vehicle- Matshya.

AUV-IITB - IIT Bombay Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

 

[agentperry]

hello... this is not the first underwater robo made by student. students since ages are making underwater robo. my college team was among tens of teams representing India in underwater robo competition happening across the globe.
silly journalist adding tons of BS where ever finding the tag IIT

 

[ani82v]

Meh... there are already many companies in India who are selling this technology commercially.

Gridbots is one of them. It already have IAF and IN as as its customers for surveillance camera robots.

Underwater inspection,operation and cleaning Robot:: Gridbots Technologies India- Robotics, Machine Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance