3D printed underwater housing

Abstract

3D printing, or adaptive manufacturing, has become a common tool to use when developing attachments for many different applications. In this paper, the viability of using inexpensive Fused Deposition Modelling 3D printing techniques to develop a housing to hold sensors is explored. The developed housing is not only required to hold the sensors, it also needs to be able to conform within the given predefined mounting points of a commercially acquired robot. The main challenge proposed is the ability for the device to be able to be submerged under the water for extended periods of time while an AUV is completing a variety of tasks.