Underwater active docking robot and docking method

• Main Authors: TIAN WAN, LIU DINGFENG, MA ZHESONG, WANG JIA, ZHENG CHAO, LIU ZHI, WANG XINLIANG, HU XU, DU WEI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 25.03.2022
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT CARRIERS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; SUBMARINES; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING

The invention discloses an underwater active docking robot and a docking method. The underwater active docking robot comprises a docking robot body, an observation module, an umbilical cable and a docking interface module, the docking robot body is connected with a mother ship through an umbilical cable, and the observation module is detachably connected to the docking robot body. The docking interface modules are respectively arranged at the bottom of the docking robot body and the back of the AUV and are used for realizing docking and communication between the bottom of the docking robot body and the AUV; the docking robot body adjusts the posture of the docking robot body according to the posture, observed by the observation module, of the docking interface module, and the docking robot body is docked with the docking interface module on the AUV side. The system can be in butt joint with the AUV, wireless charging and data communication functions are achieved, and the AUV can be effectively rescued or recy