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Vehicles

MUM’s the Word

MUM’s the Word: New UUV Takes Shape in Germany

By Greg Trauthwein s the world of autonomous “Today’s AUVs are usually limited payload modules can be designed by vehicles ? ourishes on land with regard to energy, payload capacity anyone. We see a great potential to re- and in the air, subsea appli- and autonomy,” said Hendrik Wehner, duce costs in the industrial and scienti? c cations have proven more Design Engineer, thyssenkrupp Ma- sector, if a vehicle is not engineered to

A challenging, despite great strides in re- rine Systems. “For a sole autonomous a speci? c task, but can be con? gured. cent years to deliver fully autonomous, movement of the ships, smart software The project’s sole focus is on the civil ef? cient systems at sea. A team of engi- solutions are needed. Our partners from sector.” neers from Germany, engineers teamed University of Rostock and ATLAS ELE- The project brings several notable en- from industry and academia, are aiming KTRONIK are setting the pace there. tities to the table, including engineers to drive the subsea vehicle market fur- Large autonomous underwater plat- from thyssenkrupp, Berlin Technical ther faster courtesy of a project known forms that can be con? gured around a University, the University of Rostock, as the Large Modi? able Underwater payload do not yet exist. MUM will be Atlas Elektronk and EvoLogics, all

Mothership, or MUM. engineered in such a manner that future working together to develop a new type

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