U_Lite
Small sized vehicle for shallow waters operations. Portable and light, U_Lite can be hand handled by two persons by a rubber boat:
- tethering mode included ((i.e. surface radio buoy connected to the vehicle through a kevlar-coated optical fibre);
- 6 brushless electrical motors (2 main propellers + 4 lateral/azimuthal thrusters)
- hovering and point rotation capability;
- weight <30kg
- dimensions 1,7 mt legth x 20 cm diam
- MOD -500 mt
- obstacle avoidance capability
- path following & bathymetry navigation
- Wifi + RF surface communications + underwater acoustic communications
- rugged PC with GUI software
Equipped with:
- EDGETECH 2205 SBP & SSS Integrated Full Spectrum Chrip Sub Bottom Profiler and Side Scan Sonar
- Blueview M900-2250 Forward Looking Sonar
CTD
- Altimeter + echosounder (2 units Valeport VA500 Digital)
- Evologics S2CR USBL System
or equivalent AUV_class sensors, + UW camera