SeaLion AUV

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Design driver: Reliability, stability, and performance

Team Composition

• Collaborated with GNC engineers and Penn State Applied Research Lab

Project Requirements

• Design, fabricate, and test a fully-autonomous underwater vehicle capable of navigating an obstacle course and engaging submerged targets

Outcomes

• Fabricated component housings, sealing flanges, chassis frame, kinetic (inert) projectiles, and pneumatic launch system
• Fabricated polycarbonate sealing flanges via pressure-turning
• Assisted in navigation and dive tests

Results

• Torpedo range: 4 ft.
• Maximum tested dive depth: 20 ft.
• Successful drop tests of ‘markers’
• Basic functional capability of autonomy and navigation systems