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 configured to hold 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;
• and
• 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,
• wherein the anchor installation vehicle is configured to be driven in the body of water via at least the one or more 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;
• and
• wherein at least a portion of 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 based on reaction torque generated solely by the rotational thrusters and without reaction torque generated by contact between the anchor installation vehicle and the underwater substrate.