Doğan Serim, Doğan Utku Özyiğit and Muhammed Berkay Yılmaz, 4th year students of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, who are also members of ESTU's RovsTech Unmanned Autonomous Underwater Vehicles project team, gained experience in two tethered and remotely operated underwater vehicles that the team had previously built.
Using the knowledge gained, the students created an underwater robot made of durable, water-resistant material, four diving and climbing motors, two thruster motors, and their own software and design.
Three students who received support from TÜBİTAK 2209/B University Students Industry-Oriented Research Projects Support Program with the vehicle that detects the underwater target and moves autonomously by processing the data from the sensors are aiming to obtain a degree at TEKNOFEST next year. They were unable to participate this year.
“It can be easily used in many industries”
The consultant of the project is the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Control and Command Systems, Dr. Lecturer Member Hüseyin Ersin Erol said that underwater and surface vehicles are important for the “Blue Homeland”.
Erol explained that autonomous underwater vehicles can be easily used in many fields such as search and rescue, defense and scientific studies, and provided the following information:
“Degz Robotics, a company that produces underwater vehicles, has also supported us. With this vehicle we will participate in TEKNOFEST in 2025. Our vehicle performs all the tasks required in the competition autonomously. The movements of remote-controlled vehicles underwater are limited.” Therefore, the developed vehicle processes the image and specializes in special applications. “It performs its tasks with its software and has a completely local and original design.”
“We did the software, chassis design and production ourselves.”
Doğan Serin, one of the students who developed the vehicle, emphasized that they started the project in 2019 as the RovsTech Unmanned Underwater Autonomous Vehicle Project Team and that they set themselves the goal of participating in TEKNOFEST and succeeding.
Serin explained that his team had developed three vehicles in 5 years on this path, which they had embarked on with the aim of producing a domestic and original production, and said:
“First we developed a remotely operated underwater vehicle. Then we built a hybrid vehicle. It could move both autonomously and remotely. We developed our third vehicle using the experience we gained in our two previous vehicles. Our newly developed underwater vehicle has four dives and ascents. We developed its outer shell using a 3D printer, which reduces contact with water and increases the durability of its chassis.”
Serin stated that they were unable to participate in TEKNOFEST this year because they had made some changes to the vehicle.
Serin explained that the vehicle can move completely autonomously and detect and overcome underwater obstacles: “It was developed according to TEKNOFEST missions. It can also be assigned different tasks. It can easily be used for tasks such as underwater pollution detection and exploration. It can also be used for coastal security.” “It will make a contribution,” he said.
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