IIT KHARAGPUR

TEAM AUV traces its origin to December, 2010 when a group of students from varied engineering streams like computer science, electrical, mechanical and ocean engineering came together to deploy their skills . Since then, we have been involved in the development of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Our insight into the challenges of underwater navigation like depth pressure, water leakage, buoyancy and stability related issues, poor underwater lightning etc. helped us to come up with efficient solutions. The team thus developed its first vehicle ‘Kraken 1.0' in June 2011, overcoming hurdles like cost, manufacturability, efficient design and limited time. We then went on to win the first ever national event on AUVs at NIOT and participated in the 14th international AUVSI ROBOSUB Competition in San Diego, USA. As a first time participant, the team matched up to more established teams and cleared the qualifying round. The performance and efforts of the team were recognized and..