MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641048659 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, on April 16, for 'tethered underwater drone for hull surveillance and crack detection.'
Inventor(s) include K. Krishna Naik.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A tethered underwater drone system (100) for hull surveillance and crack detection is provided. The system (100) comprises an underwater remotely operated vehicle (102) having a waterproof enclosure (104) housing electronic components. A tether cable (106) is con...