Our glider is a 1.2m long autonomous development ROV, with plenty of space for sensors and equipment to be added in later iterations.

Built with consumer electronics and plenty of off-the-shelf components, it is a very affordable and relatively modular design.

Gliders don't have active propulsion, instead, they use a buoyancy engine and hydrodynamic components. By altering their own mass, gliders can propel themselves forward as they dive and climb.

Our glider uses a system not unlike the gantry in a 3D printer, which uses a stepper motor and a lead screw to push and pull syringe pistons. These will take in or release water and thus change the total vehicle mass.

We made a rotating mechanism for the battery, that way we can control the heading of the Glider

We plan on implementing longitudinal movement in future versions too, but we don't have the resources to develop such a system at the moment.