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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2023
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Peter G. Ifju, Gainesville, FL (US);
Andrew Everette Ortega, Gainesville, FL (US);
Henry Tingle, Gainesville, FL (US);
Antonio Diaz, Gainesville, FL (US);
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Various examples are provided related to autonomous unmanned drone-tethered sonar systems. In one embodiment, a bathy-drone system includes an unmanned payload vessel and an unmanned drone tethered to the payload vessel through the tether attachment point. The unmanned payload vessel can include a sensor or sensor suite coupled to a bottom of the payload vessel and a tether attachment point through which propulsive force can be applied to the payload vessel. The drone can autonomously transport the payload vessel to and from a survey location and autonomously propel the payload vessel along a survey path at the survey location.