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Talk-02: Pliant Energy Systems C-Ray Amphibious Platform
Benjamin Pietro Filardo, Russell Bingham, Carles Civit
Pliant Energy Systems: The C-Ray platform is uniquely both free-swimming and amphibious, and has demonstrated dramatically novel locomotion and autonomy, built entirely on the MOOS-IvP stack. Developed by Pliant Energy Systems in Brooklyn NY with funding from the Office of Naval Research, it can use several modes of locomotion found in the animal kingdom using just one pair of Pliant's proprietary fins. These fins are best described as semi-rigid four-dimensional objects with a hyperbolic geometry that allow the robot to both swim like a ray and crawl like a millipede. When swimming, C-Ray moves very differently than a propeller-based vehicle, with extremely fast surge and yaw authority. Emerging applications include coastal data collection, mine countermeasures, monitoring of sensitive ecosystems, and offshore wind support operations.
Categories:
- AUVs
- Amphibious AUVs
- Surf Zone