Maryland-Robotics

Tortuga III Autonomous Under Water Vehicle

Tortuga III is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed for the AUVSI and ONR's 12th 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.

CAD Rendering of T3

A computer rendering of Tortuga III

To find out more about Tortuga III 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

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. It is the predecessor to Tortuga III mentioned above and is designed for the same purpose with the same basic operating principles.

Tortuga 2 from the competition

Tortuga II just before entering the water at the 2008 AUVSI AUV competition

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