MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631043154 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, on April 4, for 'an underwater multipurpose robotic system.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Vijay Kumar Dalla; Kumar Abhishek; and Anand Kumar Thakur.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a underwater multipurpose robotic system comprising a rigid skeleton frame enclosed within a fluid-tight outer shell and a multi-compartment internal housing including a forward sensing bay, central electronics compartment, multipurpose cabin, and rear propulsion bay. The system incorporates multi-axis propulsion and manoeuvring unit comprising brushless DC motors coupled to propellers via power transmission shafts, a variable buoyancy and depth control unit comprising internal cylinders and piston motor mechanisms, and a navigational control unit comprising hydroplanes and rudders. A decentralized control unit comprising primary and secondary microcontrollers enables both autonomous and manual operation via wireless radio frequency and short-range communication modules. The system further comprises spatial mapping, orientation sensing, and optical imaging capabilities, and supports rapid reconfiguration of the multipurpose cabin for diverse applications including marine exploration, aquaculture, dam inspection, and environmental monitoring."
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