Product profile
Wave Glider SV3
Wave Glider SV3 is Liquid Robotics autonomous surface vehicle powered by wave and solar energy. It carries sensors for persistent ocean monitoring, surveil...
Facts
- Company
- Liquid Robotics
- Product type
- autonomous_surface_vessel
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- locomotion
- Website
- https://www.liquid-robotics.com/wave-glider/how-it-works/
About Wave Glider SV3
Wave Glider SV3 separates propulsion and payload support between a surface float and a submerged glider connected by an umbilical. Wave motion drives the underwater wings forward, while solar panels provide up to 225 watts for sensors, communications and onboard processing without supplying the primary propulsion force.
Seven modular payload bays support meteorological, acoustic, oceanographic, communications and maritime-awareness equipment, with a maximum payload of approximately 70 kilograms and energy storage up to 6.8 kilowatt-hours. Operators can add towing, profiling and subsea sensor packages and receive data through satellite or radio links. SV3 remains the compact field-proven member of a live family that now also includes the larger SV5 and SV6.
Market context
robot_platform, Autonomous Surface Vessel, industrial, maritime_robot, generic_marine, marine_surface, Autonomous Surface Vessel, marine_surface, autonomous_surface_vessel, 2026-08-01, marine_surface
Summary
Type: Surface vessel
Core: Wave-powered monitoring
Function: Ocean data
Audience: Marine operators
Specifications
- communications
- Satellite, cellular, Wi-Fi, line-of-sight radio
- configuration
- Two-body (float + sub tethered)
- endurance_years
- Up to 1 year years
- form_type
- Uncrewed surface vehicle (USV)
- propulsion
- Wave-powered
- solar_power
- 225 W nominal
Operations
- Product detail
- robot_platform, Autonomous Surface Vessel, industrial, maritime_robot, generic_marine, marine_surface, Autonomous Surface Vessel, marine_surface, autonomous_surface_vessel, 2026-08-01, marine_surface
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Liquid Robotics Secures $25M DoD Contract for 20 USVs — 2026-02-17
- Liquid Robotics launches Wave Glider SV5 USV — 2025-05-20
- ECC paper models sea-state interaction for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider platform — 2024-06-25
- DANS20 field trial paper evaluates full autonomy for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider — 2021-09-20
- Boeing agrees to acquire Liquid Robotics — 2016-12-06
- IROS paper predicts Wave Glider speed from wave-model data — 2014-09-01
- IFAC paper details communications architecture for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider — 2012-01-01
- Ocean Dynamics paper frames Wave Glider for persistent ocean observation — 2011-10-01