Explorer AUV

International Submarine Engineering

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ise.bc.ca

Industries:

Defence Energy Research

Uses:

Exploration Research Inspection Monitoring Scanning

Price:

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Model:

ISE Explorer modular autonomous underwater vehicle (1,000 / 3,000 / 6,000 m)

DESCRIPTION

Explorer AUV is a Research-Robots from International Submarine Engineering. It is built for Exploration, Research, Inspection. Key figures: 620 kg, 1440 min runtime.

The Explorer is ISE's modular, long-range autonomous underwater vehicle, built for mine countermeasures, route and hydrographic survey, pipeline and cable inspection, environmental monitoring and ocean research. It comes in 1,000 m, 3,000 m and 6,000 m depth ratings, and its swappable payload section carries sensors such as multibeam echosounders, side-scan and synthetic aperture sonar, sub-bottom profilers, laser scanners, cameras, magnetometers and CTD and chemical sensors; ISE says it collects IHO-compliant survey data at 750 to 1,100 km per week of ship time. Depending on its battery modules and payloads it is 4.5 to 7.5 m long, weighs 620 to 1,700 kg, carries 24 to 139 kWh of lithium-ion energy and covers 160 to 600 km in 24 to 115 hours at survey speeds of 0.75 to 2.5 m/s, recharging in under three hours. A 5 m turning radius, 60-degree dive and ascent angles and terrain following from 1.5 m altitude support precise survey lines, and ISE's ACE autonomy software with a backseat-driver interface, inertial and Doppler navigation and obstacle-avoidance sonar run it; it has proven itself on long-range under-ice missions and can dock underwater for charging and data offload.

FEATURES

Depth ratings 1,000 m, 3,000 m and 6,000 m
Range 160-600 km and endurance 24-115 h per charge (battery modules and payloads dependent)
Survey speed 0.75-2.5 m/s
5 m turning radius
60-degree dive/ascent
terrain following from 1.5 m altitude
Length 4.5-7.5 m
diameter 0.69 or 0.74 m
weight 620-1,700 kg
Lithium-ion energy 24-139 kWh
charge time under 3 h
Swappable payload section: MBES, side-scan, SAS, sub-bottom profiler, laser scanner, HD camera, magnetometer, CTD and chemical sensors
INS, DVL, obstacle-avoidance sonar, GPS, acoustic and surface communications
ISE ACE autonomy with backseat driver
Six launch-and-recovery options
underwater docking
under-ice operation with variable ballast and >50 km homing

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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Physical
Weight	620 kg
Dimensions	L 4.5 m
Mobility
Movement Type	Aquatic
Speed	9 km/h
Environment	Subsea and ocean environments
Power
Battery Life	1440 min
Sensing & Compute
Sensors	multibeam echosounder, side-scan sonar, synthetic aperture sonar, sub-bottom profiler, INS, DVL, obstacle-avoidance sonar, CTD and chemical sensors
Connectivity	Acoustic communications; surface radio and GPS; acoustic positioning (USBL/LBL)

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Verified

Physical
Weight	620 kg
Dimensions	L 4.5 m
Mobility
Movement Type	Aquatic
Speed	9 km/h
Environment	Subsea and ocean environments
Power
Battery Life	1440 min
Sensing & Compute
Sensors	multibeam echosounder, side-scan sonar, synthetic aperture sonar, sub-bottom profiler, INS, DVL, obstacle-avoidance sonar, CTD and chemical sensors
Connectivity	Acoustic communications; surface radio and GPS; acoustic positioning (USBL/LBL)