Vision-Based Autonomous Surface Ship 5th Generation Authors: Moscicki, Travis; Williams, Cullen; Koenig, Justin; Long, Andrew; Miranda, Mario; Davis, Harold; Mesa, Bianca takes to move the vessel from the This year’s RoboBoat team is looking to build on the successes of last bench to the water. Go Owls! year’s effort while reducing the chances of Mechanical Systems encountering the same difficulties. Hulls The main considerations for the project were to introduce an easily While the V-BASS platform is a veteran navigable high level planner, a robust contender, this generation has undergone vision system, a state of the art intensive structural renovations, including a decrease in length and re-designed acoustics system, and to increase the superstructure. To ensure the vehicle's overall appeal of the vessel. The structural integrity and to confer as much as introduction of so many new possible from the curvature of the original components required finding every Bailey hull design, a one foot section was possible way to shave weight while removed from the middle of the vessel. An maintaining stability. In pursuit of optimal seam for reattachment was created by cutting the connecting edges on a 12 our goal of victory, Team degree bias. The junction was finalized by Owltonomous has implemented all of filling the seam with fiberglass sheets of the above mentioned systems, a new increasing width and epoxy resin. A physical superstructure, a new power system, buoyancy test was conducted to confirm the and still weigh in less than we did in patch was water tight, determine the new 2014. As we continue to test during vehicle's stability and determine its tolerance for additional weight. the weeks leading up to the competition, we have prepared for An identical configuration of kill switch, and plan to address the inevitable propulsion batteries, and motor controllers bugs that seem to appear in the time it are contained inside each of V-BASS hulls, requiring a seal of the topside panels. In
Vision-Based Autonomous Surface Ship 5th Generation Authors: Moscicki, Travis; Williams, Cullen; Koenig, Justin; Long, Andrew; Miranda, Mario; Davis, Harold; Mesa, Bianca This year’s RoboBoat team is looking to build on the successes of last year’s effort while reducing the chances of encountering the same difficulties. The main considerations for the project were to introduce an easily navigable high level planner, a robust vision system, a state of the art acoustics system, and to increase the overall appeal of the vessel. The introduction of so many new components required finding every possible way to shave weight while maintaining stability. In pursuit of our goal of victory, Team Owltonomous has implemented all of the above mentioned systems, a new superstructure, a new power system, and still weigh in less than we did in 2014. As we continue to test during the weeks leading up to the competition, we have prepared for and plan to address the inevitable bugs that seem to appear in the time it takes to move the vessel from the bench to the water. Go Owls! Mechanical Systems Hulls While the V-BASS platform is a veteran contender, this generation has undergone intensive structural renovations, including a decrease in length and re-designed superstructure. To ensure the vehicle's structural integrity and to confer as much as possible from the curvature of the original Bailey hull design, a one foot section was removed from the middle of the vessel. An optimal seam for reattachment was created by cutting the connecting edges on a 12 degree bias. The junction was finalized by filling the seam with fiberglass sheets of increasing width and epoxy resin. A physical buoyancy test was conducted to confirm the patch was water tight, determine the new vehicle's stability and determine its tolerance for additional weight. An identical configuration of kill switch, propulsion batteries, and motor controllers are contained inside each of V-BASS hulls, requiring a seal of the topside panels. In
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