Preliminary Design and Testing of a Resetting Combination Anchor, Antenna, and Tether Mechanism for a Spherical Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
This article details the preliminary design and testing of a Resetting Anchor/Antenna Tether Mechanism (RAATM) for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).The CHROMIUM proposed mechanism is intended to enable an AUV to secure itself to the seabed, ascend, descend, transmit and receive signals via the tether, retract the anchor, and re-anchor again a