상어같은 '고스트 스위머' 로봇물고기 시험 성공 ‘GhostSwimmer’ Is The US Navy’s Response To Drones,..VIDEO

‘GhostSwimmer’ Is The US Navy’s Response To Drones, And It’s A Fishy Wet Fart Of An Invention

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Via Navy.mil

 

고스트 스위머(GhostSwimmer)란 이름을 가진 길이 약 1.5m, 무게 약 45kg의 로봇 물고기는 버지니아 주

노퍽의 리틀 크리크 기지 앞바다에서 지난 11일 시행된 시험에서 성공적인 음직임을 보여줬다.

 

내장된 전지로 움직이는 이 로봇 물고기는 상어처럼 꼬리지느러미를 좌우로 움직이며 미리 등록된 행동

방법에 따라 약 25cm~ 약 91m 깊이의 물속을 자유롭게 돌아다닐 수 있다.

 

또한 약 150m 길이의 전선을 연결해 사람이 직접 조종할 수도 있다.

 

전선을 연결해 조종시에는 물속에서 측정되는 수온·해류 등의 자료를 실시간으로 전송받을 수 있지만

자율 활동시에는 수집된 정보를 전송하거나 새 명령어를 내려받기 위해 수면위로 올라와야 한다.

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In order to keep up with the US Military’s rapid expansion of drone programs, the US Navy is getting into the game with the ‘GhostSwimmer’….and in comparison to drones of the sky, this thing’s basically a gigantic wet fart of an unmanned submersible.

 

So maybe this drone does EXACTLY what it was designed to do, but in terms of militarization it’s just not sexy at all.

 

The 5-foot-long ‘GhostSwimmer’ is a biomimetic unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), whose purpose is to cohabitate the ocean along side sharks and fish, gathering useful data. Designed to look like some sort of amalgamation between a fish and a shark, the US Navy’s ‘GhostSwimmer’ basically looks like a gigantic version of those stupid mechanical fish you see swimming around in a bucket outside of cheap stores in the mall.

You know the ones I’m talking about. They just keep going around and around in circles, being lame, and stopping you from walking into whatever store it was toying around outside of because you’re immediately convinced that store doesn’t sell a single item worth spending money on.

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Okay, so maybe the ‘GhostSwimmer’ is a bit more advanced than that.

 

Marine Insight reports:

The U.S. Navy completed tests on the GhostSwimmer unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS), Dec. 11.

GhostSwimmer is the latest in a series of science-fiction-turned-reality projects developed by the chief of naval operations’ Rapid Innovation Cell (CRIC) project, Silent NEMO.

Silent NEMO is an experiment that explores the possible uses for biomimetic, unmanned underwater vehicles in the fleet.

Over the past several weeks, Boston Engineering’s tuna-sized device has been gathering data at JEBLC-FS on tides, varied currents, wakes, and weather conditions for the development of future tasks.

“GhostSwimmer will allow the Navy to have success during more types of missions while keeping divers and Sailors safe,” said Michael Rufo, director of Boston Engineering’s Advanced Systems Group.

The GhostSwimmer was developed to resemble the shape and mimic the swimming style of a large fish. At a length of approximately 5 feet and a weight of nearly 100 pounds, the GhostSwimmer vehicle can operate in water depths ranging from 10 inches to 300 feet.

“It swims just like a fish does by oscillating its tail fin back and forth,” said Rufo. “The unit is a combination of unmanned systems engineering and unique propulsion and control capabilities.”

Its bio-mimicry provides additional security during low visibility intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions and friendly hull inspections, while quieter than propeller driven craft of the same size, according to Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC).

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And here it is in action (no sound):

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