AUV 8

Overview

Mechanical

AUV8 – 2021

Aluminium cassing

Modular

Power controle

Communication System:

Full-duplex RS-485 network connecting 14 devices.

Protocol custom-developed for optimized bandwidth and increase flexibility.

Power supply board:

Power supply boards

4 power supply boards

control system that monitors temperature, current, and voltage of the batteries and channels.

Power supply board

Two channels, each powering a motor, controlled by N-type MOSFET transistors.

Third channel: buck converter to supply 12V to the computer and DVL.

4S batteries (14.8V)

Better adapted for brushless motors.

Software

ROS Integration

First submarine to adopt ROS, replacing the previous Java + JAUS system.

Modular Node Architecture

  • Blue nodes communicate with hardware (e.g., thrusters).
  • Green nodes handle decision-making and send instructions to blue nodes.

Scalability & Maintainability

Changes in hardware only impact the corresponding blue node, keeping the rest of the system intact.

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