ARV-i 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
• Dockable design with inbuilt wireless connector
• 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

Rear camera options

• IP Network Camera, machine vision camera, or stereo machine vision cameras

• Forward: 2 x 8,500 lumen, high CRI, dimmable
• Optional rear lights

• Dimensions  (l/w/h): 750mm/ 645mm/ 340mm
• Weight (salt water ballast installed): 28kg

• 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 onboard batteries
• Battery capacity: 600Wh
• Wireless charging underwater or surface charging
• Dock power options: cable | solar buoy

• Depth sensor
• IMU
• Compass
• 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: RS485, RS422, RS232 and Ethernet
• Power: 12V @ 50W and 24V @ 50W

Navigation

• Oculus Imaging sonar (about multibeam sonar)

Environmental Sensors

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

• Distinguishable features
  •    Permanent subsea residency with remote, shore-based control and data monitoring
  •    Asset and infrastructure following and avoidance
  •    Autonomous path following and docking

• Applications:
  •    Underwater observation and inspection, including offshore energy, ports, environmental monitoring