Finding new knowledge of deep ocean where much is still unknown
through autonomous underwater vehicles
ABOUT

Student Project
Kyutech Underwater Robotics is a student project based at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, designed to train underwater robotics engineers. In this project, students are responsible for the development of robots, training of members, and various events.

Expertise Fusion
Our team consists of members with various specialties such as mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, and information engineering. We develope new underwear technologies by utilizing the wide range of knowledge of our team members.

Multinational
Our team includes many international students. Through knowledge sharing and English communication, we aim to become world-class underwater robot engineers.
ROBOT
KYUBIC
Structure | Aluminum and UHMW-PE frame 1 x Main hull 1 x Communication hull 2 x Battery hull (15[m]depth pressure resistant) |
Dimensions | H400×W550×L570 [mm] |
Weight | 32.0 [kg] |
Thrusters | 6 x Blue Robotics T200 |
Batteries | 2 x Li-ion (14.8V, 18Ah) |
Controller PC | ASRock 4X4 BOX-4800U OS : Windows 10 CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 4800U RAM : 32GB SSD : 1TB |
Communication | Wireless LAN Optical LAN |
Sensors | 2 x USB Camera (Logicool C920n) RGB Sensor (EZO-RGB) IMU (CSM-MG100) Depth Sensor (Bar30) DVL (Pathfinder) |
Software | MATLAB Simulink ROS Python |
KYUBIC is a hovering AUV developed as an educational platform in 2020. It has high expandability by modularizing each function and connectorization. The protective box frame also serves as a handle that provides high portability for the equipment.
KYUBIC has a high precision IMU and DVL for accurate self-position estimation. The installed high-capacity battery provides approximately 3 hours of continuous operation.
KYUBIC is developed using MATLAB Simulink, which makes it possible to develop programs that are visually easy to understand. Each node uses ROS for communication and can be developed in any programming language.
MEMBER

Yuya Nishida
Professor
Adviser

Kazuo Ishii
Professor
Adviser

Yoshiki Tanaka
Doctoral Student
Ishii Lab.

SOLPICO Dominic Bautista
Doctoral Student
Ishii Lab.

IRMIYA Inniyaka Reuben
Doctoral Student
Ishii Lab.

Daiki Hamada
Doctoral Student
Ishii Lab.

Yusuke Yamamoto
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Kota Mishima
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Akihiro Sugino
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Kazuki Harada
Master Student
Ishii Lab.

Riku Fukuda
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Yusuke Mizoguchi
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Rikuto Tanaka
Master Student
Ishii Lab.

Masahiro Nakamura
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Shun Fukushima
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Kaito Kuwata
Master Student
Ishii Lab.

Ryo Miyakawa
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Keisuke Nishimuta
Master Student
Ishii Lab.

Hiroaki Umezawa
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Jiro Fukuda
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Yuta Matsuoka
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Bingqi Huang
Master Student
Nishida Lab.
ACHIEVEMENT
Underwater Robot convention in JAMSTEC 2013
1st Place
50th Anniversary of Kitakyushu – Underwater Robot Festival
1st Place
RoboSub 2014
17th Place
RoboSub 2015
19th Place
Underwater Robot convention in JAMSTEC 2015
Chairman Award
Hibikino High Tech Challenge
2nd Place
3rd Underwater Robotics Competition in Okinawa
2nd Place
Techno-Ocean 2018
3rd Place
RoboSub 2018
25th Place
4th Underwater Robotics Competition in Okinawa
3rd Place
5th Underwater Robotics Competition in Okinawa
5th Place
6th Underwater Robotics Competition in Okinawa
1st Place
7th Underwater Robotics Competition in Okinawa
1st Place
Techno-Ocean 2021
5th Place
RoboSub 2022
11th Place
SPONSOR

Kyushu Institute Of Technology
Graduate School Of Life Science And Systems Engineering
2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan 808-0135
E-mail : kyutech.robosub@gmail.com