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

Student Project
Kyutech Underwater Robotics は九州工業大学を拠点とする、水中ロボット技術者の育成を目的とした学生プロジェクトです。このプロジェクトでは、ロボットの開発、メンバーの育成、および各種イベント・競技会などを学生が主体となって行っています。
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
私たちのチームは、機械工学、電子工学、情報工学など、さまざまな専門分野を持つメンバーで構成されています。メンバーの幅広い知識を活かして、新しい水中ロボットの技術を開発しています。
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
私たちのチームには多くの留学生がいます。知識の共有と英語でのコミュニケーションを通じて、世界に通用する水中ロボットエンジニアを目指しています。
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 1 x Acoustic positioning hull 2 x Battery hull (10[m]depth pressure resistant) |
Dimensions | H522×W550×L570 [mm] |
Weight | 34.4 [kg] |
Batteries | 2 x Li-ion (14.8V, 18Ah) or 2 x Li-Po (22.2V, 6Ah) |
Thrusters | 6 x Blue Robotics T200 |
Lighting device | 2 x Blue Robotics Lumen Subsea Light |
Controller PC | PC : ASRock 4X4 BOX-4800U OS : Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Windows 10 CPU : AMD Ryzen 4800U RAM : DDR4 3200MHz 32GB SSD : NVMe 1TB |
Auxiliary PC | Jetson Nano 4GB Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W |
Communication | Wireless LAN Optical LAN |
Sensors | USB front camera (Logicool C920n) USB bottom camera (Logicool C920n) IMU (TAI CSM-MG100) Depth sensor (Blue Robotics Bar30) DVL (Teledyne Pathfinder) 6 x Hydrophone (Knowles SPU0410LR5H-QB) |
Software | ROS Noetic Ninjemys C++ Python MATLAB Simulink |
KYUBICは2020年の教育プラットフォームとして開発されたホバリング型AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)です。各機能のモジュール化により高い拡張性を持っています。また、箱型構造のフレームが持ち手となり、高い可搬性を実現しています。
KYUBICは高精度のIMUとDVLを搭載し、正確な自己位置推定が可能です。2台のカメラと独自の音響測位モジュールにより、KYUBICはより高度なミッションにも対応できます。搭載された大容量バッテリーにより、約3時間の連続運用が可能です。
KYUBICの各ノード間の通信にはROSが使用され、あらゆるプログラミング言語で開発することができます。
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. With two cameras and a proprietary acoustic positioning module, KYUBIC can conquer more advanced missions. The installed high-capacity battery provides approximately 3 hours of continuous operation.
ROS is used for communication between each node of KYUBIC and can be developed in any programming language.
MEMBER

Yuya Nishida
Professor
Adviser

Kazuo Ishii
Professor
Adviser

SOLPICO Dominic Bautista
Research Assistant
Ishii Lab.

Yoshiki Tanaka
Doctoral Student
Ishii Lab.

IRMIYA Inniyaka Reuben
Doctoral Student
Ishii Lab.

Ryo Miyakawa
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Masahiro Nakamura
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Shun Fukushima
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Kaito Kuwata
Master Student
Ishii Lab.

Hiroyuki Yokota
Master Student
Yasukawa 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.

Xu Han
Master Student
Nishida Lab.

Yuto Nakazuru
Master Student
Ishii Lab.

Issei Odasaki
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
8th Underwater Robotics Competition in Okinawa
1st 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
