Jaia Robotics, Inc. — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase I: 9.6

Description

"Jaia Robotics’ low-cost, micro-sized hybrid uncrewed surface/underwater vehicles called JaiaBotsTM can be deployed from the shore or vessels. The system enables truly affordable multivehicle operations that can be scaled to provide wide area synoptic data collection. In the proposed effort the project team will develop a JaiaBot which is air-deployable from sonobuoy launch tubes to collect atmospheric data from the launch point to the sea surface collecting wind speed, humidity, and temperature data, and then collect near-surface ocean data including surface current vectors, wave heights, temperature, and salinity. The JaiaBots are able to conduct multiple profile dives to collect subsurface temperature and salinity data to depths of up to 100m. Deploying multiple JaiaBots to form a picket line along the forecasted hurricane track at the tropical storm boundary will provide researchers with the data needed to visualize the spatial variability of ocean features and energy transfer over a wide area. The data collected will be communicated wirelessly via satellite comms. Jaia will partner with Nautilus Defense to develop a deployment parachute using their state-of-theart textile-integrated systems technologies. The parachute will be designed to detach on surface impact enabling the JaiaBot to conduct surface transits and sub surface profile dives. "