USV
Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Invocean provides comprehensive Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) solutions. Catering to an array of requirements and project needs, our offerings span from complete turn-key USV systems to specialized and customised project-based equipment, ensuring you have the right tools to carry out your operations with precision and efficiency.
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Moreover, our expertise goes beyond hardware provision. Our team of skilled engineers and consultants is prepared to guide you through the complexities of your USV needs, providing innovative solutions and strategic advice, whatever challenges you may encounter.
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Within our portfolio, you will find a marriage of state-of-the-art navigation capabilities and sophisticated onboard software suites. This blend of high-tech components ensures our USVs operate with excellant performance, providing a seamless experience for all stakeholders
BlueBoat Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV)
We are also excited to introduce the newest addition to our Invocean USV range - the affordable Blue Robotics Blue Boat. Boasting a unique hull design, limitless expansion, and utilizing BlueOS software making this USV platform ideal for water quality and hydrographic surveys and any other developments you may have in aquatic robotics development.
With its unique capabilities, the Blue Boat elevates our portfolio, underscoring our dedication to constant evolution and adaptation to the dynamic needs of the industry. This pioneering product brings forth an amalgamation of sophisticated technology and robust design, promising to redefine what you expect from a USV and pushing the boat out for your USV Hydrographic Surveys.
At Invocean, we are committed to delivering beyond your expectations through our wide spectrum of solutions, professional services, and avant-garde technology. We eagerly anticipate the opportunity to be a part of your success story.
Product Description
The BlueBoat was born from a desire to make uncrewed surface vessels just as easy to get started with as ROVs and drones. Even with many options on the market, we saw a lot of room for improvement. We started from a clean sheet and designed the vehicle that we wanted to have ourselves, then worked tirelessly to perfect it and make it as affordable as possible. The result is the BlueBoat.
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The BlueBoat is the planet’s most affordable surface vessel for hydrographic surveys, robotic systems development, and scientific missions. Its weedless hull and propeller design, rugged construction, and compact transport size make it reliable and convenient to use, while its flexible electronics architecture, ample payload mounting areas, and open-source BlueOS software system make it an ideal platform for integration of sonars and other sensors.
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The BlueBoat exists for you to build on top of and is easily and endlessly expandable.
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It’s a Hydrographer’s pickup truck
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The BlueBoat is designed to carry any payload that you want to integrate and to do so better than any other vehicle its size. We fit all of the control electronics, batteries, and wiring into the hulls so that the space between the hulls is completely dedicated to payload integration. The hulls are designed with flat inner walls, creating a low-wake sensor area ideal for survey sonars.
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The BlueBoat can carry up to 15 kg (33 lb) of batteries and payload. The cross members, brackets, and the bottom of the hull have mounting points so that you can mount anything, whether it’s a hydrographic survey echosounder, an enclosure full of prototype electronics, or both!
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Electronics areas in both hulls leave plenty of dry space for internal hardware integration with access to dedicated payload power, interhull communications, and holes for electrical penetrators or connectors. Combined with the open-source BlueOS software system, it’s not just integration friendly, it’s going to be your new developer.
Autonomy or manual control
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Every BlueBoat includes a Navigator Flight Controller, GPS, and ArduRover control firmware with advanced autonomous navigation capabilities. Out of the box it can perform precision GPS waypoint navigation, position hold at a location, follow-me maneuvers, geo-fencing, automatic return-to-home if radio signal is lost, and more. Drag and drop mission planning makes it easy to design a complex mission in minutes.
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If you prefer to operate the vehicle manually or take pride in smoothly docking it at the end of a mission, you can use a joystick controller to show off your skills.
Missions for days
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The BlueBoat has best-in-class endurance capabilities with over 60 hours of continuous operating time when carrying the maximum supported number of batteries. Even with a single battery, it runs for upwards of 9 hours and can travel over 30 km.
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Ship to Shore aka BlueBoat to BaseStation
The BlueBoat has a long-range wifi radio that connects to the BaseStation box from up to 1 km away using the standard antennas. The BaseStation acts as a wifi access point that you can connect to to interact with the boat. It has an internal battery as well as a USB-C port for charging and a hardwired network connection.
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If you’re operating multiple boats, they can all be connected through a single BaseStation box. In addition to the wifi radios, the BlueBoat will eventually be compatible with other types of communication for longer range, such as 4G LTE and Iridium satellite communications.
Technical Details
Specifications
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Parameter Value
Performance
Endurance @ 1 m/s (~30 W), no payload:
2 Batteries (532 Wh, 2.4 kg) 18 hrs (65 km)
4 Batteries (1064 Wh, 4.7 kg) 36 hrs (130 km)
6 Batteries (1596 Wh, 7.0 kg) 50 hrs (180 km)
8 Batteries (2128 Wh, 9.3 kg) 62 hrs (220 km)
Solar Power (user equipped) Indefinite
Maximum Speed (2 batteries, no payload) 3 m/s 6 kts
Maximum Static Thrust 8.2 kgf 18 lbf
Temperature Rating (air) -25 to 50°C -13 to 122°F
Temperature Rating (water) 0 to 50°C 32 to 122°F
Steering Skid Steering
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Payload and Expansion Capabilities
Payload Capacity (batteries + payload) 15 kg 33 lb
Payload Power Battery Voltage @ 60 A (Direct Connection)
Battery Voltage @ 10 A (Fuse Board)
5V Auxiliary @ 5 A (Fuse Board)
Available Ports and Interfaces 3 x Serial UART
Ethernet (Blue Robotics Ethernet Switch required)
2 x USB 2.0
2 x USB 3.0
1 x 16-bit ADC (3.3 V)
1 x 16-bit ADC (6.6 V)
Physical
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height) 120 x 93 x 46 cm (deployed)
120 x 71 x 24 cm (folded)
120 x 46 x 20 cm (packaged)
Weight (no batteries or payload) 14.5 kg 32 lb
Freeboard (2 batteries, no payload) 160 mm 6.3 in
Maximum Draft (maximum payload) 320 mm 12.6 in
Propulsion 2 x M200 Motor w/ Weedless Propeller
Propeller Diameter 112 mm 4.4 in
Navigation Light 5V 2W LED, PWM-Programmable Flashing
Primary Materials LDPE (hulls)
30% Glass-filled Polycarbonate
Anodized Aluminum
Stainless Steel
Communications
Wireless Communications Protocol 802.11a/b/g/n (2412 - 2462MHz)
Wireless Router MikroTik RBGroove-52HPn
Default Wireless Configuration Client Mode (CPE)
BaseStation Router Default IP Address 192.168.2.3
BlueBoat Router Default IP Address 192.168.2.4
Included Antenna 7 dBi 2.4Ghz Omnidirectional, N-Male Connector
Wireless Range (w/ included antennas) up to 1 km up to 0.54 nm
Wireless Range (w/ directional antennas, not included) >10 km >5.4 nm
Cellular & Satellite Communications Capable, see integration guides
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Software
Mission-planning or Mission Planner
Navigation Capabilities Manual Control (w/ Joystick)
Waypoint Navigation (Auto)
Click-to-Navigate (Guided)
Position Hold (Loiter)
Return-to-Home (if connection lost)
Electronics and Electrical System
Sensors 6-DOF IMU
Dual 3-DOF compasses
Internal barometer
GPS mRobotics M10034-M9N, (NEO-M9N, IST8308)
Speed Controllers Basic ESC 500 (BlueBoat Configuration)
Input Voltage Range (12–26 VDC¹ (4S–6S Batteries)
5V Auxiliary Output 5 A
Individual Battery Fuses 60 A MIDI
System Fuse 150 A MIDI
Fuse Board Mini-ATC (2 A, 5 A, 10 A fuses included)