HUGIN AUV

HUGIN is Kongsberg Discovery's family of commercial autonomous underwater vehicles for deep-water survey, mapping and inspection. The modular AUV architecture supports swappable batteries, removable storage, configurable payloads and supervised or fully autonomous missions.

Facts

  • Company: KONGSBERG
  • Type: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
  • Positioning: Deep-water survey AUV family
  • Function: Executes long-duration seabed mapping and subsea inspection missions with configurable payloads
  • Audience: Hydrographic survey teams, offshore operators, researchers and defence users
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.kongsberg.com/discovery/autonomous-and-uncrewed-solutions/auv/hugin/

Specifications

  • Depth Ratings M: Family variants rated to 3000, 4500 or 6000 m
  • Maximum Endurance H: Up to 100 hours at 4 knots
  • Cruise Speed Knots: 4 kn
  • Operation Modes: Supervised, semi-autonomous and autonomous operation
  • Navigation: AINS navigation with terrain following and seabed-relative mission control
  • Turning Radius M: 15 m
  • Payloads: Configurable survey and inspection sensor payloads with swappable batteries and removable storage

Market context

Hydrographic survey teams, offshore operators, researchers and defence users

  • Peer Group: Maritime AUV, Commercial Survey AUV, Autonomous underwater vehicle, Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle, Marine Autonomy System
  • Workflow: Underwater Robotics, Marine data collection
  • Market Signal: Supply-chain enabler

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