
Rescue Jet Uno - KYORCA
An Underwater Vehicle
for Various Emergency Situations
Design by Hsin Chen
2023

Current Underwater Vehicle Problem
Ocean problems have become increasingly serious in recent years, making underwater rescue and maintenance work more important. However, specialized underwater vehicles lack the diversity of their land-based counterparts, current underwater propulsion systems have lower adaptability to situations, only applicable to a single task.

Underwater Vehicle
for Varies Emergency Situations
My concept is to create an ideal tool for underwater workers, researchers, and divers - A vehicle that could rush to the rescue scenes, be compact yet have the capacity to carry a certain volume of tools and equipment. It is also equipped with a display device that could communicate with the crew above the water, and with navigation functionality. Further, it is built in with power LED searchlight for deep underwater work.

Coral Restoration Research
Initial Form Exploration


Rescue Jet Uno











Aqua-dynamic efficient design
Keeping the Rescue Jet Uno and the body in a horizontal posture allows the user to reduce the water resistance when diving & forwarding, and the jet channel is located below the device, to prevent strong water flow affecting the diver.

Interchangeable Modularize Tool Box

It has a storage space that can be equipped with different module boxes, i.e. hand tools, power tools, medical-aid kits, research equipment, etc. With this feature, the Rescue Jet Uno can then cover a wide range of operations, and is able to effectively respond to various situations

Hand tools, Power tools, Medical-aid kits, Research equipment

Lighthouse Mode

The underwater visibility is extremely low, so a searchlight composed of multiple LED lights can provide a powerful light source. Rescue Jet Uno has neutral buoyancy attribute, and due to equipped with balanced-vacuum capacity inside the device, it will stays in place vertically to brighten the surroundings like a lighthouse, thus providing users with more visibility during operation in the dark.


Underwater Engineer
Ashore - Standing Mode

An adjustable handle can be put away, rotate the Rescue Jet Uno vertically, use the rubber foot under the screen and the handle as a tripod; it can stand on the ground stably to be placed and carried on land.

Rubber Foot

Handel on the top makes it easier to carry
Details








1:1 Scale Model




Process

Modeling in Rhino 7, rendering in Keyshot 10.


