Underwater vehicle (10) for navigating relative to a structure 11 submerged in a body of water. The vehicle (10) includes a body (12) defining a peripheral region (14), one or more drive mechanisms (16), and a plurality of imaging modules (18) carried by the body (12) to face away from the peripheral region (14). The plurality of imaging modules (18) are configured to operate concurrently to allow imaging at least partially about at least two of a front (20), opposed sides (22, 24), top (34) and bottom (35) of the body (12). The vehicle (10) also includes a controller (26) communicatively coupled with the imaging modules (18) and the drive mechanisms (16), and configured to control operation of the drive mechanisms (16) to navigate the vehicle (10) about the structure based on images captured by the imaging modules (18).


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    Title :

    UNDERWATER VEHICLES FOR NAVIGATING RELATIVE TO A STRUCTURE



    Publication date :

    2025-06-26


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen / B08B Reinigen allgemein , CLEANING IN GENERAL / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen



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