Developing a Robotic Aquaculture System
![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1100,h_400/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/news/coe/ayers-patterson-hajjar-stojanovic-mueller.jpg)
BioE/ECE Affiliated Faculty Joseph Ayers, MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson, CEE Chair Jerome Hajjar, ECE Professor Milica Stojanovic, and CEE/MES Associate Professor Amy Mueller were awarded a patent for “Robotic aquaculture system and methods.”
Abstract Source: USPTO
Techniques and systems for robotic aquaculture are described. In one embodiment, for example, a mariculture system may include an aquatic animal containment system operative to hold a population of aquatic animals, the aquatic animal containment system comprising an enclosed hull having a receptacle configured to receive a mechanical core, the mechanical core configured to store at least one sub-system to implement at least one function of mariculture system, and a position management system operative to maintain the enclosed hull at a depth below a surface of a body of water. Other embodiments are described.