iRobot Seaglider

A long-duration, low-logistics Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)

iRobot designs and builds robots that make a difference. Founded in 1990, iRobot has two decades of experience at the forefront of the global robot industry, providing government and industrial robots that enhance situational awareness, reduce risk and increase mission success. iRobot's Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) - the iRobot 1KA Seaglider and the iRobot 15A Ranger - perform a variety of missions for oceanographers, maritime researchers, the oil and gas industry and military planners.

Glider Technology

iRobot is expanding state of the art glider technology. 1KA Seaglider, a long-range, high endurance UUV designed for missions lasting many months and covering thousands of miles, performs physical, chemical and biological oceanography, persistent surveillance, marine environmental monitoring and a variety of other missions for a fraction of the costs of traditional manned research vessels and moored instruments, which run as high as USD50,000 per day.

Seaglider performs both shallow and deep dives in a single mission, autonomously operated to depths of 1,000m. Using global satellite telemetry, Seaglider receives commands and remits data on a programmable schedule to allow for continual monitoring and analysis and to guard against data loss.

More than 135 Seaglider UUVs have been delivered to customers worldwide, including the US Navy, government agencies and research organisations. Seaglider has been deployed in a range of environments around the world, performing missions in the tropics and under polar ice, in freshwater and saltwater.

iRobot is a registered trademark of iRobot Corporation. Ranger is a trademark of iRobot Corporation. Seaglider is a trademark of the University of Washington.