Click here - to select or create a menu

Naval News

Palfinger
  • News
  • Event News
    • Indo Pacific 2022
    • Sea Air Space 2022
    • DIMDEX 2022
    • WDS 2022
    • DSEI 2021
    • MADEX 2021
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Advertising
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Home» Event News» LIMA 2019»LIMA 2019: Is it a fish, is it a robot ? Meet CETC’s FishBot-A100
CETC's FishBot-A100 UUV at LIMA 2019
CETC's FishBot-A100 UUV at LIMA 2019

LIMA 2019: Is it a fish, is it a robot ? Meet CETC’s FishBot-A100

Engineers are finding more and more inspiration in the animal kingdom to design next-generation drones. At LIMA 2019, held in Lankgawi from 26-30 March, the China Electronics Technology Group (CETC) is presenting a new concept of fish-inspired underwater autonomous system dubbed FishBot-A100

Nathan Gain 27 Mar 2019

The FishBot-A100 is « a high performance underwater flexible platform with bionic propulsion », says CETC. In other words, this autonomous UUV swims just like a fish does by oscillating its tails and fin back and forth. 

The FishBot-A100 actually comes with three different propulsion systems: propeller, glide and fish fin-like system. The propeller relies one horizontal thruster (10 kgf) and two vertical thrusters (2 kgf). Its batteries give it an endurance of up to 20 days submerged. 

It can autonomously perform a wide range of civilian and military tasks, such as environmental survey, search and rescue, or ISR by collecting environmental data and recording HD videos. Data is being sent through 4G, wi-fi, iridium or acoustic to either a control center or another aerial or underwater autonomous platform, such as the CETC FishBot R300. The 5 kg payload is suitable according to mission request. 

The 2 meters-long FishBot-A100 weighs approximately 20 kg and can operate at depth of up to 100 meters. 

CETC China FishBot-A100 LIMA LIMA 2019 2019-03-27
Tags CETC China FishBot-A100 LIMA LIMA 2019
Facebook Twitter Stumble linkedin Pinterest More

Authors

Posted by : Nathan Gain
Nathan is based in Namur, Belgium. He holds an MA in modern history with a minor in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL – Belgium). Fascinated by military history he naturally turned to the defense sector after graduating and is particularly interested in Northern European and Belgian defense issues as well as in anything related to naval aviation.

Related Articles

PLAN in motion: Chinese Navy’s Massive Ship Commissionings in 2021

PLAN in motion: Chinese Navy’s Massive Ship Commissionings in 2021

Naval News Staff 06 Jan 2022
2021 has been a fruitful year for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy). At least eight Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG), two amphibious assault ships (LHD) and one nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) joined the PLAN fleet,
China’s 2nd Type 075 LHD Guangxi 广西 Commissioned With PLAN

China’s 2nd Type 075 LHD Guangxi 广西 Commissioned With PLAN

Xavier Vavasseur 30 Dec 2021
China's second Type 075 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) (NATO reporting name: Yushen-class LHA) was commissioned with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy)'s East Sea Fleet. The vessel is named after Guangxi (广西), an autonomous region located in South China and bordering Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin.
China’s Surprise Submarine Move Shows Its Growing Power

China’s Surprise Submarine Move Shows Its Growing Power

H I Sutton 29 Dec 2021
When a Chinese submarine entered the Malacca Strait on December 20, heading towards the Indian ...

Advertisement

Advertisement

Legal / Privacy Policy
About Us
Contact Us

Copyright © 2022 Naval News
All Rights Reserved