Hello blue family :blue_heart: You may have noticed the name of the category has morphed from “Dive Log” to “Adventure Log” and that’s because, well, the BB doesn’t really dive, now, does it! We know BB hasn’t been out in the wild for THAT long yet, but we know this crew is an active bunch and we a…

Hi friends! Here is a video to get things going - it shows how well the BlueBoat holds position, even in some surge! [BlueBoat station keeping in surge]

This is so awesome, Andy! What kinds of payloads have you integrated?

Thanks Elisa! Currently just a Lowrance transducer for shallow seagrass mapping, with a forward looking camera for collision avoidance and a planar DWE camera for seabed inspection/photogrammetry. The plan is to increase the bouyancy and fit it out with a slidable central pole mount for sidescan so…

Hi there, I’m happy to report our first successful automomous mission with the BlueBoat. We are in facts researching obstacle avoidance solutions for autonomous sailboats but to make testing of sensors and algorithms easier we run a sailboat simulation and track the virtual sail boat with the blue…

Hi there, I’m starting to document my journey with the BlueBoat, here’s a video of some of my initial testing! Looked at the turn radius, underwater footage of the props, and autonomous waypoints. [Testing an RC Electric Robot Boat! 🌊 BlueBoat USV]

Hi Andy. Can you send me an email at bryan.goodsir-thompson@cefas.gov.uk Interested in your seagrass monitoring setup!

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Adventure Log

AndyM April 15, 2024, 3:54pm 3

Hello!
We’re using our BlueBoat, Elysia, to map seagrass in sheltered sealochs around the coast of Scotland!

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