Slocum Glider

The Slocum glider is buoyancy-driven to enable long-range and duration remote water column observation for academic, military, and commercial applications. It can be deployed and recovered from any size vessel with minimal time on station.

Teledyne Marine

Daytona Beach, US

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Description

The Slocum glider is buoyancy driven to enable long range and duration remote water column observation for academic, military, and commercial applications. The Slocum Glider can be deployed and recovered from any size vessel with minimal time on station.

Once the Slocum glider is deployed, it can easily be controlled from anywhere in the world through the use of web based piloting tools. This allows fleets of gliders to be operated remotely with minimal personnel and infrastructure.

Versatility by Design

Slocum gliders are modular, allowing for rapid sensor reconfiguration to respond to emergency conditions or situations. Over 40 sensors and other options are available to address a wide variety of ocean conditions and sampling requirements.

Endurance for Persistent Monitoring Tasks

The buoyancy propulsion drive provides months of performance at sea and the optional thruster provides up to 2 knots of horizontal speed. This long endurance glider will expand your data collection range or situational awareness by providing real data over extended periods of time.

Even in the Roughest Seas

No matter the sea state, gliders are capable of continuous sampling without risking personnel or costly assets. Slocum gliders routinely operate around the world in extreme weather conditions.

Autonomous Operation

Slocum gliders can run pre-programmed routes, surfacing to transmit real time data to shore while downloading new instructions at regular intervals.

Data Like a Movie Instead of a Photo

Slocum gliders enable high resolution sampling over transects that can be revisited during a single deployment. This enables resolution of sampled features over time and space at a substantially lower cost than with traditional methods.

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Specifications

Operations: Min. turning radius [m]

7

Launch and Recovery System

Small boat to large vessel with optional 10 m capture line using deployable nose release system

Max. speed [kn]

0.68

Min. crew size

1

Min. required number of surface computers

1

Required size of storage room

0.7 X 0.88 X 2.4 m in shipping container

General: Length [m]

1.5

Width [m]

0.22

Height [m]

0.22

Min. weight of AUV in air [kg]

56

Portable

Y

Crane required

N

Maximum payload [kg]

12

Maximum depth rating [m]

1000

Number of thrusters

1

Thruster specifications

One optional (hybrid glider option)

Hovering capabilities

Optional

Type

Glider

Propulsion or glider

Glider

Telemetry and Control: Acoustic telemetry

Y

Radio telemetry

Y

Radio baud rate [bit/s]

4800

Data sent to the surface

User defined at every glider surfacing

Control parameters sent to the AUV

Waypoints; flight parameters; science sensor suite sampling

Emergency recovery procedure

emergency battery, emergency circuit, emergency ejection weight; ARGOS transmitter

Navigation and Payload: Navigation sensors - standard

GPS, Attitude; Pressure; Altimeter - Dead reckoning

Navigation sensors - optional

Iridium

Payload sensors - standard

CTD

Payload sensors - optional

Acoustic bioprobe, ADCP, Acoustic Modem, Acoustic Mammal Detection, Bathyphotometer, Beam Attenuation Meter, CTD Pumped, Fish Detection, Hydrophones, Nitrate, Optical Backscatter, Optical Attenuation, Optical Fluorometer, Oxygen, PAR, Radiometer, Spectrophotometer, Turbulence

Battery: Total energy content [Wh]

8000

Endurance at nominal power [hr]

4392

Battery swap

Y

More information: Applications

Physical oceanography (CTD; oxygen; currents); biological oceanography (optics); gateway glider (communication acoustic - radio); storm glider (storm events); acoustic glider (mammal identification)

Distinguishable features

Long range ; high endurance environmental water column surveys with a variety of sensor suites - Highly configurable and expandable