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Robotics & Autonomy

July 2021
Introduction to Sonardyne and Sonardyne Group
Leading independent provider of underwater acoustic, inertial, optical and sonar technology

70+ >400 >50


The number of Sonardyne group The age of 10,000
countries where employees worldwide our company Transducer
we operate manufactured
each year

15mm 156,000
Positioning
accuracy of 6G Total square footage
acoustic of our facilities
technology

600Mb/s 12,000m
The speed we How deep our
can transfer data equipment can
subsea operate
100% 24/7
Deep water fields where 80% Support any
Sonardyne technology Percentage of
time you need it
is used products we
export
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Royal Navy
https://twitter.com/AdmTonyRadakin/status/1374063836093898759

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-releases-new-strategies-to-
apply-emerging-science-and-technology

Equinor
https://www.equinor.com/en/how-and-why/digitalisation-in-our-dna.html

IT’S HAPPENING
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SPOILT FOR CHOICE.


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DATA HOARDERS.
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SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS
Courtesy of Dana Manalang (APL) and John Delaney (University of Washington)
Early Box-in Examples
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Autonomous vehicles can


manoeuvre perfectly
therefore optimising data
collection
Early Field Residency Concepts
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Remote control through Intervention


optical and acoustic
communications
Combined AUV & USV Operations
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SPRINT INS
AvTrak 6
Positioning &
Comms

Solstice
Imaging Sonar

ASSSS
BlueComm 200
Optical Comms
Remotely Operated Ocean Sciences
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OVER-THE-HORIZON
Improved Area Coverage Rates
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Increasing area coverage rates


for man-portable AUVs

22 m 47 m

72 m 92 m
Combined ROV & USV Operations for Remote Operations in the Littoral
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Combined remote operations


using ROV & USV

ARISE
Over-the-horizon Uncrewed
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Sensors

HARVEST Courtesy of XOCEAN


Improved Navigation for Higher Endurance
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Peak error of 2.75 m


following a 10 km transect
Instrument Enabled Autonomy
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Nano
Positioning

SPRINT-Nav Mini
All-in-one Guidance
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