Transport and setup
A folding structure simplifies logistics.
USV / SURVEYS
Blue Boat
Take research offshore, from the surface.
Folding robotic catamaran for research instruments, hydrographic surveys and surface-system development.
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THE SYSTEM IN PRACTICE
How it fits
your work.
Blue Boat is a Blue Robotics platform designed for transport by car and on-site preparation. Its folding structure and mounting points let you arrange equipment around the survey you need to carry out.
Control is based on Navigator, GPS, BlueOS and ArduRover firmware. Features include waypoint navigation, position hold and automatic return, configured to suit operating conditions.
Instrument platform
Mounting points for research sensors and peripherals.
Planned navigation
Route planning and control through the onboard architecture.
CONFIGURATIONS, EQUIPMENT AND DATA
A closer look.
Folding catamaran for research and surveys
BlueBoat folds for transport by car and is quick to prepare. Its hull and two M200 motors are designed to help it travel through weed and debris. Numerous mounting points accommodate hydrographic instruments, sensors and robotic systems.
The flexible electronics architecture and open-source BlueOS software support research and development. Navigator, GPS and ArduRover firmware manage navigation.
Navigation and endurance
- GPS waypoint navigation and position hold.
- Follow-me, geofencing and automatic return on link loss, when correctly configured.
- Payload up to 15 kg, including batteries.
- Space for batteries providing up to 60 hours of endurance, depending on configuration.
- With one battery, reference endurance is approximately 9 hours and 30 km in optimal conditions; with two batteries, operating time doubles under the same conditions. Maximum speed reaches 3 m/s and is not the speed used for the endurance test.
Base Station and communications
The Base Station is the Wi-Fi access point between computer and vehicle, with an internal battery, USB-C charging port and wired network connection. Configurations with tripod-mounted panel and Yagi antennas and a 4G LTE modem are also available; 4G is a cellular link, not a satellite link.
Link range varies with the radio, antennas and operating conditions. References for the different configurations are 250 m for the Base Station, 630 m with Yagi and up to 1 km with standard antennas: these are neither equivalent nor cumulative performance figures. We define the range for the chosen configuration. One Base Station can manage multiple BlueBoats.
Getting started and expanding the vehicle
- The vehicle is supplied almost ready to use; laptop, batteries and gamepad are selected separately.
- For surveys: Surveyor multibeam, side-scan sonar and range sensors, with suitable mounts and navigation references.
- The manufacturer’s documentation remains available for details of ArduRover firmware, separate from SORS sales enquiries.
PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTATION
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INTEGRATIONS AND SYSTEMS
Build on your system.
SONAR / MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY
Surveyor 240-16 MBES
240 kHz bathymetric multibeam for surveying a swath of seabed and building point clouds, particularly suited to small USVs and BlueBoat.
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SONAR / SIDE SCAN
Omniscan 450 SS
Cerulean side-scan sonar for seabed surveys and searches, mountable on ROVs or surface platforms.
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CERULEAN / 3D RECONSTRUCTION
Omniscan 3D
A system for building point clouds and three-dimensional representations of the seabed and structures during scanning.
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CERULEAN / SINGLE-BEAM ECHO SOUNDER
Sounder S500
Single-beam CHIRP echo sounder for range measurement, altimetry and surveys from surface vehicles.
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Let’s discuss your project.
Environment, equipment and operational objectives.
Together, we define the right configuration.