An underwater unmanned submarine that is cooler than a drone.

Do you think it is cool to shoot with drones? In fact, the small unmanned submarine for underwater shooting has come out in the past two years. Compared with the familiar scenery of heaven and earth, the vast underwater world is more attractive Let's take you to know about unmanned submarines.

The traditional unmanned submarine is actually a kind of maritime military weapon. It can be understood that the robot working in the sea, as a new type of submarine sophisticated weapon, has developed rapidly.

The unmanned submarine we are talking about is similar to the current unmanned aerial vehicle. It is a small submarine operated by individuals for underwater shooting or further operation.

In the past two years of CES, unmanned submarine manufacturers have begun to demonstrate that there are already products on the market that can be purchased. In fact, many manufacturers that currently publish publicity are drone manufacturers. Let's take a look at several products of unmanned submarines.

PowerRay of Judy, an unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer, is one of the earliest unmanned submarines. It gives users a novel experience through the combination of VR and unmanned submarine, and it is now available for purchase.

At CES 20 17 in early 2017, PowerRay demonstrated that it can dive into the deepest water of 30 meters to shoot the highest quality ultra HD video in 4K. At the same time, it can also be equipped with a remote control, so that users can stay in a safer and more comfortable place to operate. You can also send underwater video and environmental information (temperature, depth, etc. ) Go back to your phone. However, the most surprising thing is that users can also use VR glasses to watch the underwater scene of PowerRay, and can directly operate the movement of the drone through somatosensory control.

2065438+On April 26th, 2007, Zhendi Company held the PowerRay Xiaohailei Beijing conference in Beijing, and officially announced the domestic prices of three versions of the products, including 9988 yuan for the exploratory version, 0/3999 yuan for the fish-seeking version and 0/4988 yuan for the master version (which can be purchased in official website). In terms of performance, PowerRay, which focuses on underwater photography, is equipped with an ultra-high-definition wide-angle camera, which can transmit and preview underwater images and videos in real time at 1080P, and supports12 million pixel 4K 30-frame video recording and five continuous shooting. It can be controlled by remote control handle, mobile app, mobile phone somatosensory or VR somatosensory to meet the different needs of different users in different scenarios.

The design and technical team of this product are experienced divers and know the "pain points" of divers. The equipment designed by them, iBubble, can dive 60 meters underwater, which is enough for leisure diving activities with the usual limit of 40 meters.

Divers need to bring a matching bracelet, which can automatically follow the diver after wireless connection with the drone host. This connection method, called SBL, is a low-frequency positioning system used by submarines, which is not dangerous to divers or fish. The top speed can reach 3.5 km/h and the battery life is about one hour. Just like a puppy following its owner, but this puppy can take pictures!

You can take a 360-degree selfie without dead angle, support lens zooming in and out, and have various shooting modes. Divers can switch between different shooting modes by touching the control device on their wrists. In the design, the protection of the environment is fully considered, the noise is minimized, and there is an automatic obstacle avoidance function (of course), which can avoid damaging the fragile marine environment such as coral reefs.

The aircraft has completed crowdfunding and is currently in the pre-sale stage. According to official website (official website doesn't support Chinese), it came out in the summer of 20 18, and the price starts at 2699 dollars.

In 20 16, Swedish company TTRobotix showed its own mini remote-controlled submarine, which looks like something from 007 movies and can help divers record the most wonderful moments. In fact, the relevant information was published on 20 15.

The sea wolf series consists of four different models, all of which were shot by GoPro sports camera. The price of Ocean Master is 654.38+0.375 (about RMB 654.38+0.3 million), and its radio monitor is a 7-inch display. Users only need to fix GoPro at its front end, and then they can start using it. This equipment weighs 9.3 kilograms, but it provides a suitcase with wheels for users to carry. Ocean Master has an underwater speed of 2.3 mph and a diving depth of 60 meters. It also has movable ballast for rapid buoyancy control.

In the CES20 17 innovation award list, FiFish flying fish is impressively listed. This product developed by Fin Source Technology is also the first underwater drone in the world to enter the consumer market.

FiFish flying fish is equipped with several core components: underwater propulsion system, underwater camera and lighting system, control system, underwater remote control electronic communication device and water real-time display system. Through the 180-degree camera pan/tilt, it can transmit 4K HD images in real time from underwater. It can travel underwater at a speed of 2.5 knots, with a maximum depth of 100 meters.

The whole diving operation needs to be connected by cable. At the same time, in order to bring an immersive underwater visual experience, "FiFish Flying Fish" also adopts the same presentation mode VR as some aerial drones at present, and users only need to wear VR glasses on land to watch underwater shocking pictures.

Finally, I personally think that the underwater world is really fascinating, but there are few scenes that are really used from the user's point of view in combination with the actual situation. After all, it can only be used in places with sea views, and there are still many aspects that can be improved with the current products. I believe that the power of innovation will enable unmanned submarines to make more and more breakthroughs in civilian use.