Unmanned Surface Vehicles - Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research
Unmanned Surface Vehicles
USV - SeaFox
Hull
Aluminum Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB)
Size
17 ft x 7 ft x 16 ft (w/ mast extended)
2400 lb
Communications
440MHz command and control link for remote control and/or emergency stop
2.4GHz wireless mesh network
Sensors
Dual BlueView obstacle avoidance sonar (2D)
Horizontal plane and vertical plane
Independent, computer-controlled pan/tilt actuators
Remote or computer-controlled actuation (deploy/retract)
Dual HoodTech Stabilized Pan/Tilt/Zoom video camera turrets
Elector-optic camera
Infrared camera
Six fixed wide angle video navigation cameras
(3) Daylight (color)
(3) Low Light (black & white, lowlight (3)
ComNav DGPS Satellite Compass
HG1700 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
3 axis acceleration and angular rate (ring laser gyro)
HMR3000 Compass (heading, pitch, roll)
Raymarine ST60 water speed sensor
Waterjet Propulsion
250HP JP-fueled Mercury racing engine
Top speed = 35 knots
http://www.northwindmarine.com/