Real "Underwater UAV": The world's first drone capable of flying and diving?

All along, many media, including Lei Feng.com, have reported "underwater drones". From this point of view, underwater + drones should be able to fly both downstream and downstream. The product, but this is not the case. Most of the products with the "underwater drone" are either ROVs that can only be submerged under water, or "waterproof drones" that are not bad.

Recently, a foreign startup company, InnoCorp, LLC released a video on the video website (the video is at the end of the article), showing their latest concept product, SubMurres, a drone product that can truly get to the bottom of the world.

Real "Underwater UAV": The world's first drone capable of flying and diving?

According to the company, SubMurres' name comes from a marine bird, Murres, which not only can fly in the sky, but also sneak into the water when necessary. Similarly, their product SubMurres can do this. On land, it is an ordinary four-axis drone that can fly to any given location, but underwater, SubMurres has all the key features of a marine submarine, including ocean cruises, communications towers, and periscope Check the water surface and more.

From the video display, SubMurres uses a foldable four-axis design, not only the four axle arms are foldable, but even the blades can be folded. SubMurres' blades are not as double-leafed as ordinary drones, but instead use three-leaf.

When the SubMurres drone takes off to the designated surface, it does not immediately sneak into the bottom of the water. Instead, it floats on the surface of the water and automatically closes the four axles into a confined space because of the drone's The flight system drinking underwater power system does not use a set of blades, but is completely separated. In order to avoid the blade of the flight system from being eroded by seawater, it is necessary to seal the blades when entering the water. At the rear of the drone, there are two sets of specific propellers to support the power needs of SubMurres for underwater activities.

Real "Underwater UAV": The world's first drone capable of flying and diving?

SubMurres integrates a large number of sensors and two camera systems that can be used to sense the surrounding environment to judge the task being performed. The two camera systems are located at the top of the drone at the top of the drone and the drone head. The camera systems of both cameras are capable of performing shooting tasks. In addition, the camera system of the periscope position also integrates a visual sensor that can distinguish the surrounding environment and determine whether the water surface is suitable for flight. When the drone performs the task underwater, it can float to the surface by itself, open the four propeller doors and take off.

Real "Underwater UAV": The world's first drone capable of flying and diving?

The dense sensor and flight system give SubMurres a huge advantage. Compared with the general ROV, the most significant advantage is that it can be operated in a completely wireless control mode when performing tasks such as shooting underwater, and there is no need to worry about the machine. Will be lost. Previously, when the general ROV machine was underwater, the operator on the shore needed to connect a long cable to the machine, or put a buoy on the water surface to tie the cable to the buoy to ensure ROV safety.

In addition, the company also designed a self-running system for SubMurres to ensure that the machine is smarter and more stable. The official system does not introduce too much.

Real "Underwater UAV": The world's first drone capable of flying and diving?

In terms of power, SubMurres adopts a diesel/electric dual-power mode design. Inside the SubMurres, a diesel engine and a battery power system are built in, but not two systems are used together, but the diesel engine supplies power to the battery at high speed. The motors, sensors, etc. on the drone are driven by batteries (although this may be heavy, but SubMurres is currently only a conceptual product, the company is still looking for a more efficient solution).

InnoCorp said that this product will be the world's first automated drone that can be used in both water and air. In the future, this drone will be applied to various fields, the first of which may be military use. In the future, it will gradually develop into daily professional needs such as geology, marine exploration engineering and even filming.

InnoCorp CEO Jae Lee said: SubMurres is a breakthrough. Many times, if a team goes out to work, it is very inconvenient to bring two sets of equipment, a group of aerial photography and a group of dive in a place with water. In addition, there are many professional marine exploration operations, the required unmanned submarine equipment is very heavy, to put it into the water, you have to rely on external forces (such as cranes), and SubMurres does not need this, it can fly into the water by itself The work is completed and then fly out again to make the work more efficient.

At present, the company just released a concept video, claiming that the product is under development, and when SubMurres can be officially launched is still unknown.

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