ASVs Surface Vehicles                   

Autonomous surface vehicles are playing an increasingly important role in modern surveying. They serve as carrier platforms for equipment such as vertical echosounders, multibeam echosounders, sidescan sonars, subbottom profilers, or ADCPs used in bathymetric surveying. Additionally, LiDAR systems and oceanographic measurement instruments are often deployed on these vehicles.

Especially in areas where traditional survey boats are restricted—due to their size or safety concerns—such as mountain lakes or quarry lakes that are often inaccessible to regular boats, autonomous vehicles come into play. Their operational limits are usually determined by their build size and the associated constraints regarding maximum speed (important in flowing waters), battery capacity, maximum payload, and weather or wave conditions.

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Nautilus Marine Service distributes vehicles from Seafloor Systems, which have proven themselves on the international market for years. The available boat sizes are suitable for a wide range of operational scenarios. These boats are easy to transport, can sometimes be handled by a single person, generally have a low overall weight and shallow draft. The maximum payload depends directly on the boat type, and the battery capacity additionally varies according to the installed payload.

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