SOFTWARE TEAM

The software team is responsible for guidance, navigation and control of the AUV. Navigation is carried out using visual feedback and Image Processing(IP) to tackle problems like image distortion underwater and identify objects underwater based on color and contour (shape detection). An autonomous vehicle must be capable of sequencing and scheduling of tasks and thus our software team has a Mission Planning module which prioritizes tasks. Our AUV uses multiple sensors to interact with the surroundings and we need to calibrate the sensors, validate our codes and filter sensor data- we do simulation on Gazebo and ROS to save time and improve quickly.

  • Akshay Shasheendran

  • Anay Kulkarni

  • Ansh Rathod

  • Atul Ramkrishnan

  • Harsh Palan

  • Khushali Ganatra

  • Priyam Shah

  • Saurabh Nandy

  • Sneh Chitalia

ELECTRONICS TEAM

The electronic systems in the vehicle act as platform for software systems to be executed. The processing platforms are chosen based on the basic needs of vision processing, controls and power management. Electronic Speed Control (ESC) boards are used to drive all the thrusters which will be connected with motherboard; a Single Board Computer (SBC) is being used as motherboard of the system along with power management board. The hardware architecture is designed with emphasis on modularity and scalability in the future.

  • Akshay Parate

  • Dhruv Waghela

  • Harsh Solanki

  • Parth Dama

  • Rahul Pujari

  • Soham Pradhan

  • Viral Kanada

  • Vivek Mange

  • Yash Pawse

MECHANICAL TEAM

Mechanical systems act as a basic framework of bot which involves controlling the factors affecting the degrees of freedom of bot. The chassis is designed keeping in mind the relationships between geometry and relative motion of the parts of the machine. Materials are chosen on the basic needs of weight distribution, buoyancy, and durability. Manufacturing techniques involve 3D printing, lathe machining, CNC Milling, laser cutting and waterjet cutting. Model has been developed on Solidworks and extensively tested on ANSYS .

  • Kshitija Bhuvad

  • Meethil Shah

  • Pritish Naik

  • Virjaa Gada