Design of a semi-autonomous IoT submarine drone for the exploration and Monitoring of Hydraulic Systems

Abstract

In Nowadays, the problems of lack of water in Mexico have been increasing due to the lack of rain and excessive logging. Understanding that reforestation is required to solve this in the long term, it is extremely important to avoid waste or contamination of the vital liquid that is currently available. Therefore, this project seeks to mitigate these problems through the exploration and monitoring of the infrastructure of the network of pipes that transport drinking water within our country. For this, the TecNM through the Technological Institute Zacatepec, within the robotics laboratory and in collaboration with some researchers of the UAEH - Escuela Superior de Tlahuelilpan, develops the creation of an aquatic drone, controlled with IoT technology, and equipped with vision devices and algorithms and positioning sensors, which will make it possible to identify damage within the hydraulic system.