An unmanned undersea vehicle includes one or more vehicle sections. The sections include a vehicle hull. The vehicle includes a data crypt configured to be selectively removable from the vehicle through the hull of the vehicle. The data crypt includes a persistent storage device configured to operate using SATA protocols and one or more electrical connectors configured to selectively connect the data crypt to electrical equipment in the vehicle, wherein the connectors are impedance matched to mating connectors in the vehicle.

A leak detection system includes a light source configured to output emitted light into a region of water, and a light detector configured to receive returned light from the region of the water and to output a detector signal indicative of the returned light. The leak detection system also includes at least one controller configured to detect hydrocarbons within the region of the water in response to detecting a hydrocarbon wavelength within the returned light, to determine at least one position of the hydrocarbons within the region of the water based on a time difference between a first time at which the emitted light is output from the light source and a second time at which the returned light at the hydrocarbon wavelength is received at the light detector, and to generate a three-dimensional model of a subsea structure based on the detector signal.

A leak detection system includes a light source configured to output emitted light into a region of water, and a light detector configured to receive returned light from the region of the water and to output a detector signal indicative of the returned light. The leak detection system also includes at least one controller configured to detect hydrocarbons within the region of the water in response to detecting a hydrocarbon wavelength within the returned light, to determine at least one position of the hydrocarbons within the region of the water based on a time difference between a first time at which the emitted light is output from the light source and a second time at which the returned light at the hydrocarbon wavelength is received at the light detector, and to generate a three-dimensional model of a subsea structure based on the detector signal.

An underwater vehicle control system includes at least one controller configured to receive a control input signal indicative of a target virtual position and/or a target virtual orientation of a target virtual underwater vehicle within a virtual environment. The at least one controller is also configured to output a target virtual underwater vehicle signal to a display indicative of instructions to display a visual representation of the target virtual underwater vehicle at the target virtual position and/or the target virtual orientation within the virtual environment. Furthermore, the at least one controller is configured to output a target physical underwater vehicle signal to an underwater vehicle within a physical environment indicative of instructions to move the underwater vehicle to a target physical position and/or a target physical orientation within the physical environment corresponding to the target virtual position and/or the target virtual orientation of the target virtual underwater vehicle.

An underwater vehicle control system includes at least one controller configured to receive a control input signal indicative of a target virtual position and/or a target virtual orientation of a target virtual underwater vehicle within a virtual environment. The at least one controller is also configured to output a target virtual underwater vehicle signal to a display indicative of instructions to display a visual representation of the target virtual underwater vehicle at the target virtual position and/or the target virtual orientation within the virtual environment. Furthermore, the at least one controller is configured to output a target physical underwater vehicle signal to an underwater vehicle within a physical environment indicative of instructions to move the underwater vehicle to a target physical position and/or a target physical orientation within the physical environment corresponding to the target virtual position and/or the target virtual orientation of the target virtual underwater vehicle.

A system for cleaning a structure arranged in a body of water. The system includes: a vehicle operable to move through the water and clean the structure; a tether connectable between the vehicle and a fixed position; a deployment mechanism securable relative to the structure and configured to move the vehicle into, and out of, the water; and a processing unit configured to communicate with the vehicle and the deployment mechanism. The processing unit is configured to execute a repeating cleaning schedule to cause the deployment mechanism to operate to move the vehicle into the water, the vehicle to operate to clean at least a portion of the structure, and the mechanism to operate to remove the vehicle from the water.

A system for cleaning a structure arranged in a body of water. The system includes: a vehicle operable to move through the water and clean the structure; a tether connectable between the vehicle and a fixed position; a deployment mechanism securable relative to the structure and configured to move the vehicle into, and out of, the water; and a processing unit configured to communicate with the vehicle and the deployment mechanism. The processing unit is configured to execute a repeating cleaning schedule to cause the deployment mechanism to operate to move the vehicle into the water, the vehicle to operate to clean at least a portion of the structure, and the mechanism to operate to remove the vehicle from the water.

Disclosed are soft origami actuators with embedded optical waveguides and underwater manipulator applications.

A central payload manager device may include a network switch, a central payload manager processing device, a plurality of connecting interfaces, a plurality of sensor processing devices connected to corresponding ones of the connecting interfaces and to the network switch, a cell modem or radio link connected to one or more of the connecting interfaces and to the network switch, a data storage device connected to the processing device, wherein the data storage device is configured to receive and store infoimation from the plurality of sensor processing devices and from the cell modem or radio link via the network switch and the central payload manager processing device; and an iridium modern connecting to the central payload manager processing device and to a corresponding one of the connecting interfaces, wherein the iridium modem is configured to receive and transmit the stored information from the data storage device to an iridium antenna.

The invention relates to a self-cleaning optical housing arrangement comprising a first cylindrical shell, a shaft, a motor, a second cylindrical shell, a cleaning pad, a shaft magnet and a cylinder magnet. The shaft magnet and the cylinder magnet are arranged in order to magnetically interact such that a rotation of the shaft causes the shaft magnet to exert a force on the cylinder magnet causing the second cylindrical shell to rotate with the shaft. The cleaning pad will upon rotation of the shaft and the second cylindrical shell, sweep across and thereby clean at least a part of an outer surface of the first cylindrical shell.