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\section*{The MIT Sea Beaver Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)}
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The MIT Sea Beaver is a low-cost series of Autonomous Underwater
Vehicles. These vehicles consist mostly of commercially available and
3D printed SLA and FDM parts. Altogether the vehicle costs less than
\$3,000 in material costs. The core objectives of this project are to:

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\item Reduce the cost of AUV research and development, and operational
  complexity.
\item Develop a lightweight and one-man deployable platform which is
  easy to reproduce.
 \item Enable engineering and oceanographic education through
   high-school and professional workshops, and
   undergraduate/postgraduate courses which employ these vehicles.
\item Work towards heterogeneous and multi-agent collaboration and
  sensing.
\item Conduct and template scientific missions for applications which
  would be complemented by multi-agent sensing, with a special
  interest in coastal regions and estuary habitats.
\item Develop plug-and-play scientific and actuation payloads which
  can be joined via a standardized physical and electrical coupling
  system by extending the length messages.
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  \var{Dimensions (min)(LxD)}: &amp; 36" x 4.5" \\ \hline 
  \var{Weight (min)}: &amp; 16 lbs \\ \hline 
  \var{Depth rating (est)}: &amp; 150' \\ \hline 
  \var{Frontseat computer}: &amp; BeagleBone Black (AM335x 16GHz ARM Cortex-A8) \\ \hline 
  \var{Thruster}: &amp; Modified Blue Robotics T200 \\ \hline 
  \var{Status}: &amp; Ongoing since Sep 2022 \\ \hline
  \var{Sponsor(s)}: &amp; DARPA TTO, Saab \\ \hline
  \var{People}: &amp; Supun Randeni, Ray Turrisi, Michael Sacarny, Tyler Paine,
  Kevin Becker, Mike Benjamin (PI) \\ \hline
  \var{Software:} &amp; MOOS-IvP public codebase, Swarm Autonomy Toolbox, Hydroman, MIT Frontseat  \\ \hline
  \var{Event Photos:} &amp; \urlx{} \\ \hline
  
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