WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 26 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new, patent-pending underwater robot developed at Purdue University's College of Engineeringcould improve ocean research, underwater infrastructure inspectionand search-and-rescue efforts by adapting to the needs of the mission in real time, acting as drifter, glider or thruster when necessary.
Yu She, assistant professor in the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, has developed underwater robot technology that can adapt how it moves during a mission.
"It changes how it moves depending on what the mission needs: to conserve energy, travel farther, follow currents, actively reposition or escape from a constrained region," ...