First Tank Test with Raven ROV!
By Aaron Marburg
We’ve completed our first tests with the Raven ROV in the UW School of Oceanography test tank. We do not have the vehicle’s foam floation pack yet, so all testing was completed hanging from the crane, but we were able to test all of the thrusters, plus the perception and navigation sensors in the water!
Development of the Raven vehicle is sponsored by Naval Faciliies Command to research autonomous inspection of marine energy converters in energetic environments.
