NUWave Underwater Robotics
NUWave Underwater Robotics
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NUWave has been created over the past three years to design and construct underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to provide solutions for numerous complex underwater operations. As a newly developed company, we have been able to build from the ground up around our two pillars of ROV Design: extensibility and precision. Our ROV, Mariana, is designed to tackle the numerous climate challenges outlined in the United Nations: Decade in Climate.
NUWave has been created over the past three years to design and construct underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to provide solutions for numerous complex underwater operations. As a newly developed company, we have been able to build from the ground up around our two pillars of ROV Design: extensibility and precision. Our ROV, Mariana, is designed to tackle the numerous climate challenges outlined in the United Nations: Decade in Climate.
NUWave at 2024 MATE International Competition
NUWave at 2023 MATE International Competition
Our robot, Mariana, came 8th place in the Explorer Class
Soft Robotic Grippers for Underwater Applications (Summit Award)
Spring 2024 PEAK Award: https://coe.northeastern.edu/news/announcing-spring-2024-peak-experiences-awardees/
Below is our first attempt at creating a soft robotics gripper that could be used for numerous underwater applications. This gripper was human powered and was able to hold up to 1 lb and could pick up objects from flat surfaces, such as a playing card on a table. After creating this gripper, we decided to apply for a Northeastern Summit Award to fund more research into soft robotics grippers for underwater applications.
Below are the final grippers we created and tested as well as some photos of their tests. We had a pneumatic system, two entirely 3D printable systems, and our original system that was powered by a motor. During the months we worked on this project, we tested out numerous designs and manufacturing processes. At the end of the project, we had four grippers that could all be used for different underwater applications, such as removing dead or dying coral, catching organisms without hurting them, and deep sea exploration.
I personally learned more about 3D printers and how they work and expanded my knowledge from my co-op on mold making. It was a lot of fun to be able to iterate through our designs and discover why certain design processes are not used often in the real world.
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