Autonomous Underwater Research Vehicles

Concepts

• cardiff
• autonomous underwater research vehicles
• research
• underwater
• autonomous
• vehicles
• costly infrastructure and resource-heavy robotic systems
• uk capabilities
• polar sea-bed survey
• an important gap

Location

Description

This project proposes to enhance UK capabilities for polar sea-bed survey, specifically filling an important gap in assets currently occupied by costly infrastructure and resource-heavy robotic systems.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

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Legal Justification

Against the criteria set out in Market Conditions, only one supplier is able to offer something that meet all requirements, technologically and financially. In addition to this, there are numerous developments and prototyping which must take place to make the existing units fit for the research purpose, in the number required, and within the budget given by UKRI-NERC. These prototypes must at minimum be Antarctic sea-floor environment accessible, and form part of a low-cost, low-logistics deep water AUV swarm.

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