Vehicle for installing anchors in an underwater substrate

An anchor installation vehicle including:

• a vehicle frame having a top end and bottom end;
• at least three linear arms extending outward from the vehicle frame;
• one or more rotational thrusters disposed at distal ends of the respective arms;
• an electronic system;
• an anchor system that holds an anchor extending from the bottom end of the vehicle frame and aligned with a central axis Y that is perpendicular to the at least three linear arms;
• a tether coupled at the top end of the vehicle frame and configured to communicate data with a support vessel floating on a body of water, the tether further configured to provide electrical power from the support vessel to the anchor installation vehicle;
• and
• a torque sensor operably connected to the electronic system,
• wherein the anchor installation vehicle is configured to be driven in the body of water via at least the rotational thrusters, based at least in part on a first set of instructions received via the tether from a support computer system of the support vessel, to an anchor installation location on an underwater substrate in the body of water;
• wherein the anchor installation vehicle is configured to be rotated via the rotational thrusters about the central axis Y to drive the anchor downward into the underwater substrate at the anchor installation location;
• and
• wherein the anchor system is configured to be disengaged from the anchor to release the anchor.