What is an underwater drone or unmanned underwater vehicle, and what is its function?

Underwater UAV refers to the hardware that runs underwater by remote control. Functionally, it can be divided into two categories: military level and consumer level.

In terms of types, it can be divided into rov (wired remote control), auv (wireless remote control) and uuv (underwater unmanned submersible). In order to facilitate the understanding of the topic, I take this invisible GLADIUS underwater drone as an example to talk about the role of underwater drones.

Underwater UAV can be used in aquaculture monitoring, reservoir dam inspection, scientific exploration, underwater photography, island tourism and other fields.

The GLADIUS underwater drone in the picture can dive 100 meters (consumer rov at this depth is rare). You know, the depth that ordinary people can dive is only 30 meters, and further down, excessive pressure will cause irreversible harm to the human body. Therefore, it is very important to use underwater drones to assist underwater salvage and search and rescue work.

In terms of underwater photography, apart from the GLADIUS underwater drone, there is no product on the market that can take care of 4K ultra-high definition shooting and 100 meter deep diving at the same time. 4K images can clearly record underwater details. In addition, the intelligent fill light system carried by the GLADIUS underwater drone can also make the underwater dark world appear. The picture below shows the picture after turning on the fill light.

In aquaculture, GLADIUS underwater drone can be used to detect the growth of aquatic products (such as sea cucumber). For farmers, it is necessary to obtain the breeding situation in real time. Advanced underwater drones can also be equipped with water quality monitoring (such as data collection of ph value and oxygen content).

At present, there are only a few underwater drones on sale in China. If you are interested, you can go to Stealth Innovation official website to see more information and user cases of underwater drones.