Orcinus

4th-year capstone project

Orcinus

An underwater drone swarm that talks through sound.

A 4th-year capstone project building firmware and hardware for a swarm of underwater drones. Each drone pairs two microcontrollers and communicates with the swarm using FSK-modulated acoustic signals.

Problem statement

Most UROV systems rely on single-operator, single-vehicle control, making multi-vehicle coordination impractical. A modular system that enables relative positioning and scalable swarm operation is necessary to overcome this limitation.

The team