MATE 2018 ROV Competition
Law, Oliver (author) Miltimore, Andrew (author) Murphy, Jonathan (author) Quisias, Ethan (author) Niet, Taco (thesis advisor) British Columbia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering (Degree granting institution)
Research paper/project
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British Columbia Institute of Technology
2018
44 pages
Deep Blue Marine Engineering (DBME) has developed an ROV that satisifies the design requirements outlined in the RFP submitted by the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington. DBME’s Marauder was designed and built by a team of 4 mechanical engineering students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Marauder was prototyped to perform tasks required for locating and recovering the engine of a vintage airplane, installing a seismometer, and installing a tidal turbine and instrumentation to monitor its marine environment. Marauder was intially prototyped at BCIT’s Burnaby campus before it underwent thorough and rigirous testing at the BCIT Marine Campus to ensure functionality and reliability when performing the required tasks. To complete the scope of work provided by the APL at the University of Washington, DBME was organized into mechanical and electrical design teams. A collaborative design approach between mechanical and electrical design teams was used to insure functionality and control of mission specific tooling during prototyping and testing. Marauder’s frame and tooling was precision manufactured using in-house equipment that includes a 3-axis CNC mill, a water jet cutter, and multiple 3D printers to insure component fitment and potential development of multiple prototypes. Furthermore, with the aid of precision manufacturing equipment, Marauder’s frame and tooling was also designed to meet the minimal size and weight requirements for ease of portability. The following technical document outlines the design process and results produced by BCIT Deep Blue Marine Engineering during the development and prototyping of Marauder.
MECH 8290
electronic
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
