Autonomous Vehicle MOVE

Description

This vehicle was designed and built at Royal NIOZ. It navigates autonomously at up to 6km depth for 9 months, visiting 30 waypoints and incorporating over 12 scientific payloads. Measurements include: water oxygen, sediment oxygen, turbidity, fluorescence, 3D current, video, sound, water sampling, incubations, pressure, salinity, temperature. Weight in air is 1800Kg.

Responsibilities

• Ongoing project development as part of the Marine Technology team at Royal NIOZ.
• New scientific payload electronic build and embedded software design.
• Extensive software testing and debugging.
• Maintain and service the vehicle during deployment and recovery from research vessels at sea.

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