Sponsored by the Advanced Systems Group at Boston Engineering Corporation (BEC), this MQP aims to assist BEC with the Phase II development of the Biomimetic-In-Oil Swimmer (BIOSwimmer). BIOSwimmer is an autonomous underwater vehicle designed to inspect the filled compartments of oil tankers for contraband. The project team verified the Phase I results and performed a detailed evaluation of potential sonar units with the cooperation of vendors. Test plans and flowcharts for software modules were created to help in the next phase of testing different sonar units and running integration tests. The project team explored how to interface between commercial-off-the-shelf object detection software and the inspection sonar system on the vehicle.

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Creator

• Comisky, Casey Bradley
• Hawthorne, Mark Tyler
• Aloisio, Christopher Thomas

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042611-123751

Advisor

• Padir, Taskin
• Chernova, Sonia

Year

• 2011

Sponsor

• Rufo, Michael
• Boston Engineering Corporation

Date created

• 2011-04-26

Location

• Boston

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Robotics Engineering
• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright