US 12,302,871 B2
Robotic aquaculture system and methods
Joseph Ayers, Nahant, MA (US); Mark Patterson, Salem, MA (US); Jerome F. Hajjar, Newton, MA (US); Milica Stojanovic, Boston, MA (US); Amy Mueller, Somerville, MA (US); Marc Meyer, Boston, MA (US); and Scott Sagalow, Palmetto, FL (US)
Assigned to Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/448,113.
Application 18/448,113 is a continuation of application No. 16/533,578, filed on Aug. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,766,030.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/715,197, filed on Aug. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389528 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 61/10 (2017.01); A01K 61/65 (2017.01); A01K 61/80 (2017.01); A01K 61/95 (2017.01); A01K 63/04 (2006.01); F03B 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 61/10 (2017.01) [A01K 61/65 (2017.01); A01K 61/80 (2017.01); A01K 61/95 (2017.01); A01K 63/042 (2013.01); F03B 13/14 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aquaculture system, comprising:
an aquatic animal containment system configured to be deployed in a body of water and to hold a population of aquatic animals within contained water, the aquatic animal containment system including a fluid-impermeable hull, the fluid-impermeable hull being a closed containment structure configured to be submerged beneath a surface of the body of water and to maintain isolation of the body of water from the contained water, the fluid-impermeable hull including a receptacle; and
a feeding system housed in a mechanical core, the mechanical core configured to be deployed within the receptacle in an arrangement that enables delivery of food from the mechanical core to the population of aquatic animals within the fluid-impermeable hull of the aquatic animal containment system.