Echoboat Unmanned Surface Vehicle

The EchoBoat™ is a surface vehicle developed for hydrographic

survey applications. This is a multi-payload, remotely controlled

and autonomously controlled survey platform featuring portability,

improved thrust, and large payload capacity.

The vehicle can be monitored while under way, in both Auto and

Manual modes, while within line-of-sight range. The mission planner

runs on a base station laptop, connected through a radio telemetry

link, and displays the vehicles graphical positioning and progress

against a background map of the survey area. Battery voltage, current

and capacity remaining is monitored via this link.

Switching from autonomous to remote control on the survey boat

is easy using a high-power remote control system that offers up to

2km range, with a survey endurance of over eight miles on a single

battery back.

For professional hydrographic survey requirements, the EchoBoat™

may be tailored to individual customer requirements. The boat

may be purchased with the desired depth sounder pre-installed, or

supplied ready to accept existing equipment from the user’s survey

pool. Similarly, customized cabling can be included allowing the

boat to accept existing GPS, GNSS and RTK positioning systems.

For a turnkey survey-grade system, the EchoBoat™ can be outfitted

with singlebeam, multibeam and side scan sonar systems.

The EchoBoat™ is compatible with hydrographic data acquisition

software such as Hypack, PDS2000 and QINSy.