This water quality EcoMapper™ AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) has a YSI 6600 V2 bulkhead built in for collection of up to 10 water quality parameters in large water bodies. Other features include side-scan sonar imaging and a Doppler velocity log for accurate navigation below surface.
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The EcoMapper™ AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) with YSI's 6-Series sensors provides researchers and scientists with a data collection platform unmatched in its flexibility and capability. This vehicle can measure water quality, currents, and bathymetry at a continuous interval for missions ranging from 8-12 hours long.
- Flexible options for water quality, bottom mapping, and water current profiling
- Also option for side-scan sonar
- Deployable by one person
- Easy and fast mission planning
- 8-12 hour run times at speeds of 2-4 knots
- Continuous data stream as vehicle moves through water column
Features Include:
- Vehicle is easily deployed by one person
- Wide-area survey without a workboat or associated staff
- Intuitive mission-planning software for quick and easy survey design and execution
- Undulation through the water column provides data in both the horizontal and vertical planes
- Geo-referenced data
- Options to measure up to 8 water quality parameters, bottom mapping, and water profiling
- Reliable autonomous platform with DVL
- Robust and simple to use – minimal operator training
- Bow with integrated sensor package includes YSI's water quality sensor bulkhead, and depth sounder
- Rugged, lightweight carbon fiber and marine-grade aluminum construction
- Launch from the shore or small boat
- Li-Ion batteries = long run-time and quick recharge
- Near-coastal operating depth — bays, rivers, lakes (to 328 ft depth)
- Built-in moisture detectors with fail-safe emergency buoyancy system for asset recovery
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Communication | 2.4 GHz radio link when on the surface to download missions and upload collected data |
| Control | Four independent control planes |
| Diameter | 5.8 in, 14.73 cm |
| Length | 60.1 in, 152.6 cm standard; 63.6 in, 160.8 cm with DVL |
| Weight | 45 lbs, 20.4 kg standard; 60 lbs, 27.2 kg with DVL |
| Endurance | 8-12 hours at speed of 2.5 knots |
| Energy | 600-800 WHrs of rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries (>300 cycles) |
| External Hook-up — Data | Wireless 802.11g 2.4 Ghz Ethernet |
| External Hook-up — Power | 10-pin DC charge voltage in |
| Navigation | Surface: GPS (WAAS corrected); Subsurface: Bottom tracking or water tracking with DVL; or dead reckoning with compass |
| Onboard Electronics | Intel processor with Windows XP; 80 GB disk drive for data collection |
| Propulsion System | 3-blade propeller |
| Sensors | CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth); salinity; blue-green algae; chlorophyll; dissolved oxygen; ORP; pH; rhodamine; turbidity |
| Sonar | Side-scan |
| Speed Range | 1-4 knots |
| Doppler Velocity Log | 6-Beam DVL for navigation, bathymetry, current profiling (down) 10-Beam DVL for navigation, bathymetry, current profiling (up and down) |