Tetherless Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Autonomous. Customisable. Reliable.

The Boxfish AUV represents our latest generation of tetherless hovering AUVs, offering six degrees of freedom operation and dynamic stabilisation. Available in 300m and 600m depth options.

It’s expandable architecture support both autonomous operation with option for fully manual tethered operation. The Boxfish AUV offering a range of up to 6km operation at one charge.

With the capacity for up to four free ports for connecting optional sonar and environmental sensors, the Boxfish AUV becomes a powerful scientific tool for repeatable autonomous inspection tasks.

How It Works

Features

Technical Specifications

The Boxfish AUV is ideal for

Benthic surveys
Coral reef monitoring
Coral bleaching study
Artificial reef monitoring
Photogrammetry
Seabed mapping
Fish studies
Invasive species studies

How It Works

The Boxfish AUV operates up to 600 meters underwater, using stereo cameras, USBL, IMU and DVL for precise navigation.

The combination of these sensors and proprietary autonomy algorithms allows precise and reliable mission execution in diverse environments.

The Boxfish AUV’s mission planning software, Boxfish SafePath Planner, is the graphical user interface for setting up the mission. Users can create survey paths using waypoints, adjust vehicle pitch, speed, lighting, distance from objects, depth, and altitude at any waypoint.

The software supports grid patterns and simple transects, and missions can be saved for repetitive surveys.

Boxfish Commander software offers live updates on the AUV telemetry and mission progress, including the distance to the next waypoint.

Users can also monitor the AUV’s mission progress live on webpage and replay past missions for detailed analysis.

Boxfish AUV Features

Technical Specifications

General

Presssure vessel material: Hard anodised aluminium alloy
Dome Material: Acrylic
Thruster layout: eight 3D vectored
Manoeuvrability: 6 Degrees of Freedom
Fault-tolerant design allows for continued operation even with a failed thruster
Range up to 6km
Depth rating: 300m or 600m
Operating temperature: -10˚C to +45˚C

Camera system

Front triple camera head

Sony 4K main camera
Stereo machine vision cameras

Lighting

Forward: 20,000 lumens, high CRI, dimmable
Adjustable arms and ball mounts for excellent lighting in all orientations
Additional forward lighting options available

Physical Specifications

Dimensions (l/w/h): 730mm / 435mm / 351mm
Weight (salt water ballast installed): 25kg

Mission Planning Software

Simple mission generation using grid pattern or simple transects
Highly customisable interface (pitch, speed, lighting, distance from objects, depth, altitude at any waypoint and multiple USBL beacons)
Start/Stop image collection, video capture, or sensor data at any waypoint
Obstacle avoidance and backtracking

Power

Dive time up to 10 hours (depending on conditions)
Lithium polymer batteries
Battery capacity: 600Wh
Battery recharge time: 5 hrs standard or 45 min fast charge AC/DC field optional