Maryland-Robotics

Tortuga II Autonomous Under Water Vehicle

Tortuga II is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed for the AUVSI and ONR's 11th International AUV Competition. AUVs complete underwater tasks without outside intervention or control. They do things like inspect underwater pipelines and survey remote areas for marine life. Tortuga's electronics systems gather visual, acoustic and pressure information about its surroundings. The sensor information is processed by the on board software and commands are sent to Tortuga's thrusters in order to guide the vehicle to its objectives.

Small overview picture

A computer rendering of Tortuga II.

To find out more about Tortuga II please see the sections below:

  • Hardware - What holds the vehicle together
  • Electronics - Gathers sensor data and powers the vehicle
  • Software - The brains of the vehicle