REMUS 100

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Compact
Reliable
Lightweight
Modular
100 Meter
Depth Rating
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Communications
Acoustic Communications
Iridium
WiFi
Gateway Buoy
Imaging
FEATURES Dual Frequency Sidescan Sonar
COMPACT SIZE & WEIGHT: The compact size of the REMUS 100 DIDSON
allows for economical overnight shipping and one-man deployment Video Camera
and operation capability. The REMUS 100 also eliminates the Navigation
need for larger vessels and costly special handling equipment. Global Positioning System (GPS)
PROVEN RELIABILITY: With a track record second to none, the Digital Ultra Short Baseline (DUSBL)
REMUS 100 is the only compact AUV to be selected by the U.S. Inertial Navigation System (INS)
Navy Fleet for their mine counter measure operations. The system Software
boasts over five years of continuous product development and Trackpoint Capability
thousands of hours of field operations. CADCAC
EASE OF OPERATION: An intuitive Vehicle Interface Program (VIP) Adaptive Mission Profiler
allows anyone to become an AUV operator with just a few hours Multi Vehicle Operations
of training.
POWERFUL & VERSATILE: The REMUS 100 contains a full suite
of standard sensors, with new sensors being integrated on a
SPECIFICATIONS
continuous basis.
Vehicle Diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 cm (7.5 in)
APPLICATIONS Vehicle Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From 160 cm (63 in)
Hydrographic Surveys Weight in Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From 37 kg (<80 lbs)
Mine Counter Measure Operations Trim Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 kg (2.2 lbs)
Harbor Security Operations Maximum Operating Depth. . . . . . . 100 meters (328 ft). Can
Environmental Monitoring be configured to go to 120
Debris Field Mapping meters (400 ft).
Search and Salvage Operations Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 kw-hr internally
Fishery Operations rechargeable Lithium ion
Scientific Sampling and Mapping Endurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 hours at optimum speed of
1.5 m/s (3 knots) >8 hours at
2.6 m/s (5 knots). Dependant
SENSORS & PAYLOAD on speed and sensor configuration,
The capabilities of the REMUS 100 make it ideally suitable for operating environment and
scientific, commercial and/or military operations. The vehicle is mission program.
small enough to be carried by two people, yet contains enough Propulsion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Direct dive DC brushless motor
to open 3-bladed propeller.
sophisticated sensor, navigation, and power resources to enable it to
perform intricate sonar and oceanographic surveys over large areas. Velocity Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Up to 2.6 m/s (5 knots)
variable over range. Dependant
STANDARD SENSORS on sensor configuration.
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling (ADCP) External Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-pin combined Ethernet,
Navigation-Long Baseline Navigation (LBL) and Dead vehicle power and battery
Reckoning Accuracies charging; 4-pin serial connector
Sidescan Sonar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long baseline; Doppler-assisted
Conductivity and Temperature dead reckoning; Inertial
navigation system; GPS
Depth
Transponders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 transponders are provided
Bathymetry 20–30 kHz operating
Heading, Roll and Pitch frequency range.
Sound Speed Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency transponder,
Mission Progress mission abort, and in-mission
System Status tracking capabilities.
Multi-Vehicle Capability Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIP-based laptop interface
for programming, training,
OPTIONAL SENSORS post-mission analysis,
Available on all new systems and as upgrades on documentation, maintenance,
existing fielded systems. and troubleshooting.
Data Exporting & Reporting. . . . . . HTML report generator, and
Environmental ASCII text export
ECO Sensors
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capable of operating 4 vehicles
Conductivity, Temperature & Depth simultaneously in the same
Oxygen Optode water space.
pH
ORP
All specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
 THE ANATOMY OF A
Sidescan Sonar Chemical Light
Bracket
Sidescan sonar designed
specifically for the demanding For night time operation.
AUV environment. The compact,
light weight design incorporates
the same proven technology
found in traditional towed
configurations.

REMUS 100 Vehicle

100 Meter Depth Rating.
Operation Speed
Programmable to operate at
speeds up to 5 knots.

Magnetic
On/Off Switch

Power/Data Interface Module

Towfish Ruggedized
This module serves as an external power supply to
Laptop Computer
recharge the Li-Ion batteries and to preserve the Portable low-drag transducer
batteries when conducting on shore testing. It also transmits and receives wideband Includes intuitive graphical
provides a high-speed communications link to the signals from the vehicle and user interface designed for simple
vehicle, allowing data to be downloaded to one transponders to the Ranger unit. pre-launch checkout, mission
or more computers. This module has been recently planning, and data reporting.
upgraded to aid in battery discharge and conditioning.
The laptop provided with the system
may not be the one shown in the above
image and is subject to substitution
depending on availability.

All specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

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AUTONOMY
Navigation Acoustic Doppler Conductivity &
Transponders Current Profiler Temperature
(ADCP)/Doppler
Four small, lightweight transponders The vehicle is equipped with a
Velocity Log (DVL)
are supplied as reference beacons multi-parameter sensor sonde,
for the vehicle during operation. The specially designed Teledyne RD which includes temperature and
The transponders are preset to Instruments ADCP/DVL can be conductivity. Temperature information
listen for a specific signal, which configured to include both downward is stored in the REMUS 100’s hard
is transmitted by the vehicle,and and upward looking transducers, drive for plotting a profile of the
then immediately reply. The vehicle allowing for bi-directional current water temperature in the search
may then easily compute the slant profiling, 3-D bottom track, altitude area. Conductivity and temperature
range to the transponder. measurement and highly accurate inputs are used to accurately
dead reckoning navigation input. The determine the speed of sound in
altitude measurement, when coupled with water, which is used to increase
the vehicle’s position and depth, also navigational accuracy.
provides seafloor bathymetry.

Navigation
The REMUS 100 navigates during a
mission using Long Baseline (LBL)
and Dead Reckoning (DR). The
on-board computer automatically
determines the preferred method,
and can vary it through the mission.

REMUS Ranger
The REMUS 100 vehicle carries an emergency transponder; completely independent of
the vehicle’s other systems that may be interrogated at any time. The Ranger is a small,
waterproof deck unit, designed to give the operator the ability to monitor the vehicles
progress, via its transponder while the mission is underway. The Ranger consists of a highly
portable deck unit connected to a small, towed transducer. The front panel display indicates
the real-time range to the vehicle in meters and/or is used to send selected commands
such as “abort mission” or “come home” to the vehicle during operation.
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After years of development at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Since its inception, Hydroid has delivered a continuous
Institution (WHOI), the world’s most powerful, compact AUV is stream of products through a highly efficient and well
commercially available only through Hydroid, LLC. REMUS organized manufacturing system, which allows for volume
(Remote Environmental Measuring UnitS) is the culmination production of REMUS vehicles, and ancillary system
of years of leading edge research and development, combined components and supporting equipment. The result is a highly
with a proven track record for highly reliable and repeatable repeatable system that produces quality products in a timely
field operations. and efficient manner.
Hydroid, LLC was founded in 2001 by the inventors of REMUS Hydroid’s products are backed by the organization’s skilled
to allow REMUS technology to reach a wider market and to customer service staff, which provides on-site training, system
provide for continuous product development. Hydroid has commissioning, and continuous product service and support.
realized rapid growth and in support of this growth has opened
a European office to service an ever increasing international
market. This team is enhanced by the organization’s growing
representative network, which provides local sales and support
at a global level.
Hydroid is located in a state-of-the-art facility located on Cape
Cod in Pocasset, Massachusetts. This facility has been uniquely
designed to support Hydroid’s growing product offerings.
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