Silent Nemo - floating robot that can sneak into enemy waters, disguised as a fish-tuna
Representatives of management research division Chief of Naval Operations Rapid Innovation Cell US Navy presented to the public its new "rookie" - fish-robot Silent Nemo, who, while remaining undetected, can penetrate even the most protected area of enemy waters exceptionally well masquerading as real rybu- tuna. Robot Silent Nemo almost perfectly copies the movements of his living prototype makes it very, very quietly, and with only a small distance it is impossible to distinguish from the real fish.
Thanks to a strong enough computerized control system Silent Nemo robot can independently perform complex maneuvers and movements. Robot works in two, or more precisely, even in three modes, fully offline, when all the necessary energy is drawn from the batteries of the robot and the robot program runs his computer, in the semi-autonomous when the robot operates by remote control, and operating mode "on a leash "when the robot and the control room connects the flexible cable. Cable length can be up to 150 meters and in this case the cable is passed collected robot sensors, including sonar, information, commands and the energy required for its operation.
Robot Silent Nemo has a length of about 1.5 meters and weighs about 45 pounds. It can act as near the water surface, and immersed to a depth of 100 meters. When working at great depths in the automatic mode the robot will be required periodically rise to the surface and transmit the control center of the collected information is stored in the computer's memory, the amount of which, of course, limited.
It should be noted that the robot fish Silent Nemo is the development of Boston Engineering, carried out within the framework of Ghost Swimmer, whose aim is to develop a floating robot, which is almost an exact copy of the most authentic and simulating the movement of one of the marine fish large enough. It is these robots are ideal candidates for the job of inspection of buildings standing on the roads of the military courts, on a sea-bottom inspection for the presence of threats to protect divers during the performance of underwater work and, of course, to carry out intelligence operations within the port area and raids underwater structures near enemy.
At present, the management system that provides a fully autonomous robot operation Silent Nemo, not yet ready for one hundred percent. "We left quite a bit of work" - says Michael Rufo, Director of Advanced Systems Group of Boston Engineering, - "Completion and debugging software management system will take a few more months, after which the robot can" take on a permanent service "."
"Currently, we have not yet developed any weapons systems for our robot" - says Michael Rufo, - "But the robot has everything you need to be equipped with any kind of underwater weapons. In addition, the scope of such robots is not limited to only their military use, it is very broad and is only limited by our imagination. "
Representatives of management research division Chief of Naval Operations Rapid Innovation Cell US Navy presented to the public its new "rookie" - fish-robot Silent Nemo, who, while remaining undetected, can penetrate even the most protected area of enemy waters exceptionally well masquerading as real rybu- tuna. Robot Silent Nemo almost perfectly copies the movements of his living prototype makes it very, very quietly, and with only a small distance it is impossible to distinguish from the real fish.
Thanks to a strong enough computerized control system Silent Nemo robot can independently perform complex maneuvers and movements. Robot works in two, or more precisely, even in three modes, fully offline, when all the necessary energy is drawn from the batteries of the robot and the robot program runs his computer, in the semi-autonomous when the robot operates by remote control, and operating mode "on a leash "when the robot and the control room connects the flexible cable. Cable length can be up to 150 meters and in this case the cable is passed collected robot sensors, including sonar, information, commands and the energy required for its operation.
Robot Silent Nemo has a length of about 1.5 meters and weighs about 45 pounds. It can act as near the water surface, and immersed to a depth of 100 meters. When working at great depths in the automatic mode the robot will be required periodically rise to the surface and transmit the control center of the collected information is stored in the computer's memory, the amount of which, of course, limited.
It should be noted that the robot fish Silent Nemo is the development of Boston Engineering, carried out within the framework of Ghost Swimmer, whose aim is to develop a floating robot, which is almost an exact copy of the most authentic and simulating the movement of one of the marine fish large enough. It is these robots are ideal candidates for the job of inspection of buildings standing on the roads of the military courts, on a sea-bottom inspection for the presence of threats to protect divers during the performance of underwater work and, of course, to carry out intelligence operations within the port area and raids underwater structures near enemy.
At present, the management system that provides a fully autonomous robot operation Silent Nemo, not yet ready for one hundred percent. "We left quite a bit of work" - says Michael Rufo, Director of Advanced Systems Group of Boston Engineering, - "Completion and debugging software management system will take a few more months, after which the robot can" take on a permanent service "."
"Currently, we have not yet developed any weapons systems for our robot" - says Michael Rufo, - "But the robot has everything you need to be equipped with any kind of underwater weapons. In addition, the scope of such robots is not limited to only their military use, it is very broad and is only limited by our imagination. "
