Boxfish AUV Technical Specifications

• 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

Front triple camera head

• Sony 4K main camera
• Stereo machine vision cameras

• Forward: 2 x 8,500 lumen, high CRI, dimmable
• Adjustable arms and ball mounts for excellent lighting in all orientations
• Additional forward lighting options available

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

• 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

• 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

• Depth sensor
• IMU
• Internal pressure
• Temperature and humidity monitoring
• Battery voltage
• Leak detection
• Thruster failure detection
• USBL
• DVL

• Four Boxfish free standard ports
• Boxfish patented tether connector
• Network: RS232, RS422, RS485 and Ethernet
• Power: 12V @ 50W and 24V @ 50W

Navigation

• Oculus Imaging sonar (about multibeam sonar)

Environmental Sensors

• miniCTD
• pH sensor
• turbidity
• chlorophyll
• fluorometer
• hydrophone

• Extremely durable, lightweight fibre optic dia. diameter 2.7mm
• Tether length as required
• Neutrally buoyant in fresh water

• 17” 4K primary monitor for real-time surface monitoring
• High quality, physical controls for all primary functions