Autonomous Submarine Vehicle ready to operate up to 3000 meters

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AUTONOMOUS SUBMARINE VEHICLE (AUV) READY TO OPERATE UP TO 3000 METERS DEPTH

MEDUSA DS is deep sea AUV developed in Portugal by a Portuguese-Norwegian consortium (CEIIA, IST/ISR, IPMA, IMAR Açores, EMEPC and Argus Remote Systems) in the context of an engineering and product development project co-financed by the EEA Grants Program managed by DGPM

Type: Double hull AUV
Size: 2.8 m x 1.5 m x 0.7 m
Weight: ~300 kg
Endurance: ~10 hrs
Range: ~50 km
Maximum depth: 3000 meters
Maximum speed: 3 m/s
Nominal speed: 1,25 m/s
DOF: 4
Power system capacity: 2.4 kWh

Concrete Application

The MEDUSA DS system was designed to comply with the requirements of the following missions:

Seabed Mapping
Industrial Subsea Surveys
Geophysical Surveys
Oceanographic surveys
Search and Recovery Mission

Market Potential

Medusa DS is potentially applicable in industrial (e.g. marine renewable energy, oil and gas, aquaculture) or scientific markets (eg oceanography) in a wide range of missions.

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