2022 starts with another demo for a major Dutch dredging company. Whilst performing the endurance tests with the Autonomous Surface Vessel, Phoenix 5, we take
MARIN is a hydrodynamic and nautical research institute with a worldwide reputation. The organisation has a number of test basins with extensive instrumentation. They regularly
We have signed the contract to extend the survey operations on the River IJssel. Our Phoenix will carry out more surveys in the area where
The Proeftuin op de Noordzee (North Sea test site) is an area of 10 by 10 nautical miles off the coast of Scheveningen/The Hague, the Netherlands, intended
The Unmanned System Technology features the Aquatic Drones Phoenix 5 in an in-depth article. Describing the motivation, research and design choices behind the hull design,
You can find us in Issue #4 of Hydro Magazine, the global magazine for hydrography. This issue is all about exploiting unmanned surface vehicles to
Together with IGL, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Research, North Sea Port and HZ University of Applied Sciences, we have received a subsidy for research
We test our Phoenix 5 thoroughly in different circumstances. Special focus is on range, endurance, top speed, manoeuvrability, launch and recovery, data communication, hydrographical and
We have finished building our first production series P5! It has been fitted with all systems, sensors, etc. The ‘dry’ tests have all been completed
We have given a successful demonstration of the autonomous operation of our preproduction Phoenix for a number of current and potential customers and partners. Watch
The last few months we have been busy analysing the results of the extensive tests of the preproduction version. As a result we decided to
Rijkswaterstaat (RWS, an operational department of the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) is responsible for the kribben (groynes) along the major rivers in the Netherlands.
We are currently busy testing the Phoenix preproduction model: doing longer surveys, operating under different weather conditions, etc. This will enable us to finalise the
For accurate surveys, and to integrate data from multiple sensors, you have to know the exact spatial relationships between the multibeam depth sounder head, motion
We are building a new Phoenix! We have learned a lot from the operations carried out with the first prototype, a catamaran, built and deployed
The initial design of our Phoenix ASV (Autonomous Surface Vessel) had a catamaran hull. We used it for a number of test projects which provided
A Survey with Aquatic Drones and CARIS Onboard
Self-propelled ships, mooring without crew and sailing drones. It sounds futuristic, but these ‘smart’ technologies are already possible on paper. However, inland shipping is still
The insight from which we started is that robotics is very promising for society’. There is a great demand for maintenance data in the maritime
Maarten Ruyssenaers is one of the speakers at SMASH-UP # 4 on Tuesday 20 March in Dordrecht. He experienced a substantial growth with his Aquatic
Water Board Hollandse Delta dredges De Keen in Strijen (The Netherlands). The largest part south of the built-up area of Strijen has been dredged in
Maarten Ruyssenaers, the CEO of Aquatic Drones and a TUS Expo presenter, describes his experience at the Resource Design Manufacturing in Rotterdam, his company’s autonomous
