The equipment can sail more than 18,000 days on the high seas without requiring maintenance or human intervention.
The startup Saildrone, in the United States, is building a fleet of unmanned surface vehicles (USVS), capable of constantly monitoring the topography and other conditions of the oceans that cover about 70% of the planet Land.
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According to their creators, these robots can navigate more than 800,000 nautical miles during some 18,000 days at sea, gathering data for climate research, real-time ocean mapping and other maritime safety applications.
“I think this is the first time that data obtained from a USV has been used in a formal assessment. This mission demonstrates that we can do it operationally in a reliable, fast and timely manner,” explains biologist Alex de Robertis.
friends of the environment
Powered by wind and solar energy, each of the autonomous robots carries 20 scientific sensors capable of measuring parameters such as changes in water surface temperature, marine fauna activity, carbon dioxide concentration and ocean pollution .
Another benefit of this monitoring system is that drones can remain for months, or even years, without the need for maintenance or human intervention. When a device needs some sort of repair, it simply returns to its mainland hub.
“Because they are environmentally friendly and largely undetected, autonomous drones are able to measure all aspects of ocean health, from pollution to entire populations of fish and other marine creatures,” adds de Robertis.
Artificial intelligence
Marine tracking, surveillance and topographic reconnaissance missions are powered by a machine learning system that uses on-board processors to provide real-time visual tracking of pre-set marine targets.
These sensing systems are then combined with other data sources to provide a clear picture of the entire marine environment around you, enabling monitoring in 24/7 autonomous operations such as satellite broadcasts.
“This global fleet of drones is able to monitor the entire planet in real time, above and below the water surface, in a totally autonomous and sustainable way, allowing for accurate mapping of ocean conditions in a much more cost-effective way than to having to man ships roaming the seas,” concludes Saildrone CEO and founder, Richard Jenkins.
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