Perception and inspection
Sonoptix ECHO measures range and bearing to underwater structures. The camera and four lights reveal colour and detail for close inspection.
Rotatable view of the supplied UUV 1.0 STEP assembly with its integrated upper enclosure and underwater sensors.
Use your mouse or trackpad: drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.Drag to rotate. Pinch to zoom. With the model focused, use arrow keys to rotate, + or - to zoom, Home to reset, and Escape to leave the model.
- Thrusters
- 8
- Lights
- 4
- Velocity sensing
- A50
- Imaging sonar
- ECHO
T200 propulsion
Lumen illumination
WaterLinked DVL
Sonoptix
How it works.
Propulsion and control
Four horizontal and four vertical T200 thrusters control translation and attitude. ArduSub runs on the Raspberry Pi with Navigator I/O; the Jetson hosts inspection software.
Power and integration
The battery supplies propulsion and electronics. Our upper enclosure houses the Jetson and communications equipment, with integration checks covering heat, cabling, buoyancy and trim.
Communications
An M16 acoustic modem carries compact messages through the USV underwater. At the surface, radio provides a shore connection and GNSS supplies a position reference.
Navigation without underwater GPS
The A50 DVL measures bottom-relative velocity. Combined with depth and attitude sensing, it supports local navigation for pipeline inspection.
Inspection and intervention
The camera records pipeline condition lights before repair. A compliant magnetic probe is planned, with contact and indicator changes used to assess the outcome.
What’s on board.
Frame and enclosure
- BlueROV2 Heavy frame
- Custom upper electronics enclosure
- Roof rack for the imaging sonar
Propulsion
- Eight BlueRobotics T200 thrusters
- Four vectored horizontal thrusters
- Four vertical thrusters for depth and attitude
Power system
- BlueRobotics onboard battery
- Propulsion and electronics power supplies
- Upper-enclosure power integration
Vehicle control
- Raspberry Pi 4 with Navigator I/O
- ArduSub vehicle control
- BlueOS onboard services
Underwater navigation
- WaterLinked A50 bottom-tracking DVL
- Bar30 pressure and depth sensor
- Attitude sensing through the vehicle controller
Onboard computer
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX companion computer
- Integrated in the custom upper enclosure
Imaging sonar
- Sonoptix ECHO multibeam sonar
- Range and bearing observations
- Pipeline structure sensing
Vision and lighting
- Low-light HD camera
- Four BlueRobotics Lumen lights
- Pipeline indicator and colour inspection
Acoustic communications
- WaterLinked M16 Standard modem
- Compact mission and status messages
- Underwater link to the USV
Surface links and status
- 5 GHz airMAX radio
- Holybro H-RTK F9P surface GNSS
- Status light tower
Mission interfaces
- Compliant magnetic probe (planned)
- Mounting and contact design for pipeline repair
Software
- MAVROS companion link to ArduSub
- Single DVL input path through BlueOS
- Ordered pipeline-survey logic in development