Unmanned surface vessel — Navy
Autonomous boats for bathymetry, water sampling and patrol. Delivered for a navy client in Pune.
- Location
- Pune
- Year
- 2021
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Team
- 11 engineers
- 11
- km² surveyed
- 13 cm
- depth accuracy
- 9 h
- endurance
The challenge
Conditions on site — heat, dust, vibration and patchy connectivity — had defeated two earlier attempts at this in navy.
What we built
We ran a two-week discovery sprint, then built and fielded the system end to end on ArduPilot Rover, Multibeam sonar and ROS 2, with operator training and an SLA.
Delivery timeline
Phase 1
Discovery sprint and site survey
Phase 2
Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab
Phase 3
Pilot on site with before/after measurement
Phase 4
Scale-out, training and handover
Highlights
- Operator training delivered in Gujarati, Hindi and English
- Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included
- Runs on-premises; no data leaves the site unless agreed
- Documentation, drawings and source handed over at close
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