Find the AUV that fits your mission

In land waters

Lakes, rivers and harbours

Launched from a pontoon, recovered from the shore

Less than 10kg, YUCO micro-AUV can be launched from the shore or the pontoon. Once in the water it will automatically start its mission. Its small size allows high maneuvrability allows it navigate in a narrow environment and independently from any surface obstacles.
YUCO unmanned vehicle is totally autonomous platform that is releasing the operator from any action during several hours who can perform other tasks on the field. Allowing a single person to multiply its efficiency by a factor of 2 or plus and optimize its time on the field.
Once the mission is over YUCO micro-AUV will come back to the recovery point. Thanks to te SEACOMM tool, via radio-lnk, YUCO can receive GPS signal and a “come-back-to-me” order. YUCO underwater vehicles can dive or navigate to the surface so that you just need to bend and recover it.

Make profiles, reach depth, keep altitude…

YUCO SEAPLAN © programming software offers a wind range of navigation patterns in order to reach all the depth layers that are to be monitored.
YUCO underwater vehicle has a great speed of over 5 knots and maneuvrability with a turning radius down to 10meters in order to navigate properly even in narrow lakes and rivers. YUCO micro-AUV is depth rated down to 300meter and can dive in the deepest lakes.
With an embedded depth sensor and optional altimeter or DVL (Doppler Velocity Logger) YUCO micro-AUV can keep a navigation whether from the surface or simply follow the ground.
With the unique mode “shutdown surfacing” YUCO is able to STOP totally its engine and come to the surface naturally with its positive buoyancy at a speed around 30cm/sec. This mode is ideal for water quality profiles.

Plan easily, save and repeat saved missions

The SEAPLAN interface allows saving the programmed mission.
If you want the YUCO to navigate regularly in a similar area it is then made very easy to re-upload pre-defined mission and be ready to deploy the YUCO micro-AUV in several minutes.
This function is ideal for lakes, harbors, and fixed-geometry areas and to have the YUCO underwater vehicle deployed by non-trained users or third parties.

Example :

Lake water-structure – water quality

Understand the lakes’ structure, changes in water parameters. YUCO-CTD or YUCO-PHYSICO micro-AUV equipped with a versatile multiple sensors suite such as salinity, chlorophyll A turbidity or oxygen, YUCO underwater vehicles can perform various types of patterns saw-tooth, vertical profiles, fixed depth and altitudes navigations.
A Doppler Velocity logger improves navigation and prevents from keeping distance to the water-bed.

Lake bathymetry

YUCO-Scan micro-UUV to perform side-scan survey in lakes.

Less than 10kg and 1meters long, YUCO-Scan is ideal to go to different sites.
The 680kHz Side Scan Sonar from DeepVision offers a great quality of image with a great response no matter the type of bottom. YUCO Scan micro-UUV can use DVL and pressure sensor to accurately keep its altitude. Using a YUCO-Scan underwater vehicle allows multiplying side-scan survey efficiency with the a real single-person useable system.

Search and Rescue

YUCO-Scan micro-UUV to perform a side-scan survey in lakes.

Less than 10kg and 1meters long, YUCO-Scan is ideal to go to different sites.
SEAPLAN programming interface gives access to a swift mission programming. On the side YUCO underwater vehicles can be deployed very swiftly.
The 680kHz Side Scan Sonar from DeepVision offers a great quality of image that can be easily downloaded and visualized right after the AUV mission. YUCO In addition to the scan video camera can be combined with YUCO-Scan micro-AUV.

Marine Biology

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Varied navigation routes with great spatial coverage

With more than 60km navigational range and more to 5 knots speed capability, YUCO micro-AUV is ideally suited to cover a wide area and manoeuvrer in all types of underwater environments. Moreover, being untethered and not subject to wave and surface conditions it can perform mission much faster missions.
YUCO underwater vehicle is the ideal platform to allow operators to be 100% free and confident to let YUCO do its mission of several hours while performing other actions on the field.

Plan easily, save and repeat saved missions

The SEAPLAN interface allows saving the programmed mission. If you want the YUCO to navigate regularly in a similar area it is then made very easy to re-upload pre-defined mission and be ready to deploy the YUCO micro-AUV in several minutes.
This function is ideal for areas that are needed to be monitored on a regular basis such as aquaculture fields or marine habitats.

Ideal to study marine fauna

YUCO underwater vehicle is a non-intrusive friendly companion to marine habitats it has no impacts on the seabed, low-noise emission, and low dynamic disturbance.
Being cable-free and small sized, YUCO micro-AUV is considered a friendly presence so that fishes, mammals, and other marine fauna preserve their natural behavior in presence of the underwater vehicle.

A specific silent mode for acoustic recordings

Thanks to its specific navigation mode “shutdown surfacing” YUCO is able to STOP totally its engine and come to the surface naturally with its positive buoyancy at a speed around 30cm/sec. This shutdown surfacing mode is ideal for YUCO-Sound is able to make the most silent underwater sound recordings.

Flexible payload combination

Whether to make video-camera and light, side-scan sonar, thermistor and multiparameter-sondes, underwater sound recorder.
YUCO unmanned vehicle is suited to study the key parameter at the expected location to better understand marine habitats and marine species.

Example:

Fisheries

Understand Physico-chemical phenomena and their association with marine ecosystems. YUCO-CTD or YUCO-PHYSICO micro-AUV equipped with a versatile multiple sensors suite such as salinity, chlorophyll A turbidity or oxygen, YUCO underwater vehicles can perform various types of patterns saw-tooth, vertical profiles, fixed depth and altitudes navigations.
A Doppler Velocity logger improves navigation and can also be used as a current measuring system.

Marine Habitat, Coral Reef, Seagrass

Redundant follow-up of a determined protected area. YUCO-Scan micro-UUV equipped with a video-camera close from the seabed in order to identify and see evolutions of determined marine habitat. YUCO-AUV can even be launched and recovered from the shore, save and repeat missions to offer great flexibility in deployments.

Marine mammal

Monitor marine mammals in their environment. YUCO-PAM unmanned vehicle equipped with an autonomous underwater recorder can reach remote areas far from the vessel and anthropogenic activities in order. The autonomous recorder can perform separately on various timelines, sampling rates or can also be commanded by YUCO micro-AUV to measure at specific moments in the most silent and optimal conditions.

Aquaculture

Monitor water quality around fish farms with the great spatial distribution. YUCO-CTD or YUCO-PHYSICO underwater vehicle equipped with a versatile multiple sensors suite such as salinity, chlorophyll A turbidity or oxygen, YUCO underwater vehicles can perform various types of patterns saw-tooth, vertical profiles, fixed depth and altitudes navigations.
YUCO-Scan + video can be used for regular monitoring and inspection around the aquaculture area with great spatial coverage.
With SEAPLAN © interface easily program an underwater navigation routine around the aquaculture farm.

Search, rescue, seabed inspection

Divide by 4 the time spent to perform seabed scaning

Thanks to YUCO micro-AUV only light capabilities are required. YUCO underwater vehicles can be transported by hand by a single person, launched from the dockside, or taken into any type of vessel.

Mission through SEAPLAN interface is programmed in several minutes which permits to go quickly on the field. YUCO micro-AUV being depth rated to 300meters it is able to perform Side Scan sonar missions in multiple coastal areas and deep lakes.

At speed from 2knots to 6knots and autonomy from up to almost 10 hours, YUCO underwater vehicles can cover a wide area in a single day.

Improve your underwater search probabilities

Once underwater the YUCO micro-AUV is not subject to surface conditions. Thanks to its INX© accurate navigation solutions and its embedded DVL (Doppler Velocity Logger) YUCO-Scan underwater vehicle can navigate at a fixed distance from the seabed as well as compensate current in its navigation. Its 680kHz Side Scan Sonar allows it to get the most stable and qualitative sonar image.

YUCO-Scan underwater vehicle can also be equipped with an autonomous video camera and light in option that gives additional visual data to the Side Scan Sonar image a “see what is down there”.

Varied navigation routes with great spatial coverage

With more than 60km navigational range and more to 5knots speed capability, YUCO-Scan micro-AUV is ideally suited to cover a wide area.
YUCO micro-UUV is equipped with rechargeable batteries that are charged externally. SEAPLAN © software is quickly accessible via WiFi give access to numero pre-defined navigation patterns.
Moreover being untethered and not subject to wave and surface conditions it can perform mission much faster missions. YUCO micro-AUV is the ideal platform. Therefore the operators are 100% free and confident to let YUCO micro-UUV do its several mission of several hours while performing other actions on the field.

Launch & recover from the pontoon, RHIB, shore, vessel, etc.

YUCO micro-UUV proposes a varied type of start mode, it can be launched from RHIB and start its mission once at a certain depth. If deploying YUCO underwater vehicle from a big vessel or from the shore the SEACOMM UHF handheld command unit allow to start the YUCO up to 2km distance, the YUCO AUV will then dive autonomously.
At the end of its mission, YUCO Auv comes back to the designated GPS location. It will automatically emit its position so that bearing and distance from YUCO can be visualized from the SEACOMM unit. The SEACOMM unit is also equipped with GPS, the operator can whether get close to the YUCO underwater vehicle or send a “come-back-to-me” command.
YUCO micro-UUV only weighs between 7kg and 9kg in air. Its mast handle makes it very easy to recover.

Example :

Search & rescue – after disaster monitoring

YUCO-Scan micro-UUV equipped with optional camera & light is the ideal solution for search and rescue in coastal, lakes, and great rivers areas. YUCO-Scan can be launched from any type of vessel or from the shore and can be programmed swiftly even by a non-AUV specialist.

Thanks to its sonar and camera combination, YUCO-Scan can go where divers can’t and already start to see “what is down there” and help operators to keep track and identify potential targets.

Object detection – Seabed Inspection

YUCO-Scan underwater vehicle used to pre-scan an area with potential risks not accessible with divers; UXO, mines, Renewable Energy areas, etc. Its 680kHz embedded Side Scan Sonar combined with its 300meters depth capability provides great quality of image in order to swiftly whiten an area with great efficiency.

Bien untethered YUCO-Scan can access areas far from a vessel and get quick information of a zone and in s great decisional tool prior to launching heavier instrumentation. In the case of very high-risk areas, a YUCO-Scan micro-UUV is a great alternative to heavy and costly deployments.

Marine pollution

YUCO-Scan micro-UUV for submerged elements. And YUCO-PHYSICO in case of pollution such as oil leakage or an unexpected event such as algae blooms.

Thanks to its sonar and camera combination and its great spatial coverage down to 300meters. YUCO-Scan micro-AUV can be the ideal tool to find lost contained, vessel, cargo is a wide area.

YUCO-PHYSICO micro-AUV then is perfectly suited to measure key parameters such as crude oil, salinity, and oxygen to estimate the level of pollution but also potentially target its origin.

Security, coast guard, MCM

Enhancing Mine Countermeasures with SEABER’s Micro-AUVs

In addressing the intricate challenges posed by naval mine countermeasures, SEABER has engineered micro-AUVs that seamlessly integrate standard payloads. These include the Side Scan Sonar, Multibeam Echo Sounder, and a fluxgate Magnetometer, collectively providing a comprehensive solution for effective mine detection and neutralization.

Compact Powerhouse: Unleashing the Potential

What sets SEABER’s micro-AUVs apart is the integration of the USBL underwater localization system. This cutting-edge addition establishes these micro-AUVs as the most compact and user-friendly Mine Countermeasure (MCM) AUVs in their class. With a focus on compact power, these AUVs offer heightened precision, a remarkable maximum speed of 6 knots, and exceptional maneuverability.

Precision at its Core: Key Features

The key features of these micro-AUVs go beyond their compact size. With heightened precision, they become invaluable tools in navigating the complex underwater landscape associated with minefields. Their commendable maximum speed of 6 knots ensures swift coverage of vast areas, while exceptional maneuverability allows for precise navigation even in challenging environments.

Lightweight Deployment: Swift and Untroubled

Weighing in at a mere 10 kg, SEABER’s micro-AUVs redefine the concept of lightweight deployment. This characteristic facilitates untroubled deployment and swift recovery from shore or diminutive vessels. Their light weight not only simplifies logistical aspects but also enhances their adaptability to various operational scenarios.

Versatile Applications: Safeguarding Security

SEABER’s micro-AUVs find versatile applications in safeguarding security, particularly in the realm of mine countermeasures. Whether deployed from shorelines or diminutive vessels, their compact size and comprehensive payload make them indispensable assets in ensuring the safety and security of maritime environments.

Innovation in Action: Redefining Mine Countermeasure Capabilities

Innovation takes center stage as SEABER’s micro-AUVs redefine mine countermeasure capabilities. Their integration of advanced technologies, coupled with user-friendly design, positions them as groundbreaking solutions in the ongoing efforts to secure and navigate challenging underwater terrains laden with potential threats.

Examples:

Mine countermeasures:

Security, coast guard:

RECALL: the future of ASW Training

Naval Warfare and ASW Training Excellence: Introducing RECALL®

In the ever-evolving landscape of naval warfare, the importance of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and the need for highly skilled personnel cannot be overstated. SEABER responds to this demand by unveiling RECALL®, the latest addition to its micro-AUV family. It explores various training modes and highlights its seamless compatibility with modern sonar and torpedo systems.

Elevating ASW Training with RECALL®

Within the dynamic context of naval warfare, anti-submarine warfare remains a critical and continually evolving component. SEABER, in collaboration with operational and ASW experts, introduces RECALL®—a revolutionary micro-AUV designed to elevate training capabilities while adhering to established military doctrines.

Unveiling the Versatility of RECALL®: Key Features

RECALL® stands out as a versatile training tool with remarkable features. With dimensions of only 90 cm in length, 12 cm in diameter, and a mere 10 kg in weight, it boasts a minimal logistical footprint. Despite its compact size, RECALL® achieves an impressive speed of 12 knots and can dive to depths of 300 meters. This micro-AUV ensures swift deployment within 10 minutes by operators from surface ships or helicopters.

Immersive Training Modes for ASW Excellence

To enhance realism in ASW training, RECALL® integrates various training modes, including passive, active, and combined acoustics. This capability allows naval personnel to simulate diverse scenarios, contributing to a comprehensive and effective training regimen. Moreover, RECALL® is compatible with modern sonar and torpedo systems, ensuring its relevance in contemporary naval operations.

User-Friendly Interface and Operational Adaptability

Recognizing the diverse skill levels of operators, SEABER prioritizes the user experience by designing an intuitive and ergonomic human-machine interface. This facilitates easy programming of complex missions in challenging environments. Notably, RECALL® is engineered for use by non-experts in robotics, making it a valuable asset for naval forces seeking efficiency and adaptability in their training programs.

Robust Design and Rapid Recovery Module

SEABER underscores the robustness of the entire RECALL® system, ensuring durability in demanding operational conditions. The micro-AUV is equipped with the SEACOMM (UHF) recovery module, enabling rapid location and recovery at sea. This feature enhances the overall effectiveness of ASW training exercises and ensures the longevity of the RECALL® system.

SEABER’s RECALL®: Revolutionizing ASW Training

SEABER’s RECALL® micro-AUV emerges as a groundbreaking solution in the realm of ASW training. With its compact size, advanced features, and government support, RECALL® is poised to revolutionize naval warfare training, providing naval forces with a sophisticated tool to enhance their anti-submarine capabilities. The upcoming availability of RECALL® signals a new era in ASW training, aligning with SEABER’s commitment to innovation and excellence in maritime security.

*RECALL AUV for ASW training is subject to CIEEMG military export license from French Authority.