At the last in St. Petersburg the IX International Maritime Defense Show, special attention was paid to the unmanned systems and complexes. So, SPE PT "Okeanos" in conjunction with the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University (SPbGMTU) presented an initiative to develop - an underwater glider.
We are talking about a fully autonomous underwater vehicles, capable of operating at depths of up to 1 km. In this case, the battery life is impressive - up to six months.
Developers have reported, Underwater glider that can be a platform for installation and various kinds of sensors.
As represented LEE demonstrator AUV-19 - interventional autonomous underwater vehicle, which can operate without the use of a carrier vessel. noted, that he may reside based on DDS (bottom docking station) due to induction charging systems and wireless optical communication. In turn themselves VAT in such a case may be included in oceanographic monitoring system or infrastructure of subsea fields or lines of defense.
Lee AUV from "Okeanos" is used crane, capable of connecting electricity- jacks or hydraulic equipment on bottom, the implementation of various manipulations with mining complexes valves, working with metrological instruments. The complex also allows the bottom sampling.
Flowchart with subsea infrastructure:
highlights the, that the use of AUV LEE allows globally reduce the costs of robotic marine operations.
