

Description
Our HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - AUV / marine robot offer the ultimate in autonomous remote subsea survey capability.
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Specifications
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Operations
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Min. turning radius [m]
20
Launch and Recovery System
Launch: an hydraulic operated stinger (ramp). Recovery: the vehicle drop nose is hooked and connected to the L/R system, which is pulled on the stinger.
Max. speed [kn]
6
Min. crew size
2
Min. required number of surface computers
1
Required size of storage room
Optional 20-ft + 10-ft ISO container
Other requirements
Portable by land; air; sea
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General
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Length [m]
6.5
Width [m]
0.75
Height [m]
0.75
Min. weight of AUV in air [kg]
900
Max. Weight of AUV in air [kg]
1500
Portable
Y
Crane required
N
Maximum depth rating [m]
4500
Number of thrusters
1
Propulsion or glider
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Telemetry and Control
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Acoustic telemetry
Y
Acoustic baud rate [bit/s]
4250
Radio telemetry
Y
Max. Baud rate of ethernet connection [Mb/s]
1000
Data sent to the surface
Vehicle data; payload data (sidescan imagery and bathymetry for QC purposes)
Control parameters sent to the AUV
Vehicle control and configuration; mission plan changes; payload control.
Emergency recovery procedure
Release drop weight and blow air bladder to come to surface. Redundant localization systems: iridium localization system; RF link; acoustic links; acoustic positioning (USBL); flasher light
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Navigation and Payload
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Navigation sensors - standard
Aided inertial navigation system; Honeywell HG9900 IMU; Doppler Velocity Log (DVL); pressure sensor; GPS; USBL; FLS-based obstacle avoidance system
Navigation sensors - optional
Underwater transponder navigation; terrain-based navigation
Payload sensors - standard
HISAS (High resolution Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar); Side scan sonar; multibeam echo sounder; sub bottom profiler; CTD; ADCP; digital still camera
Payload sensors - optional
Hydro carbon sniffer; fishery echo sounders; upward-looking ice sonar; nitrate sensor; magnetometer; gradiometer; fluorometer; dissolved oxygen sensor; radioactivity sensor; ADCP
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Battery
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Total energy content [Wh]
48000
Endurance at nominal power [hr]
Up to 80 hours
Battery swap
Y
Recharge time from empty [hr]
8
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More information
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Applications
Offshore & Geophysical Mapping; Pipeline Inspection; SIte Inspection; Marine Archeology; Marine Research; Rapid Environmental Assessment; Mine Detection Classification & Identification; Hydrographic Survey; Under-Ice Survey
Commercial Options
Complete turn-key system for offshore seabed mapping; pipeline inspections; IMR; enviromental monitoring tasks. Alternatively; customers can integrate own systems and sensors.
Distinguishable features
A field-proven tool for the military commercial and marine research user groups; providing mine counter-measures (MCM) and rapid environmental assessment (REA) capabilities; cost-effective offshore oil and gas surveying; configurable high-quality data gathering capabilities for marine research.
Documents

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HUGIN-AUV Concept and operational experiences to date476.63 KB