Ultra-portable ROV from Planet Ocean
UK-based Planet Ocean has been appointed as UK and Ireland distributor for the Canadian Deep Trekker range of remotely operated vehicles. The design of DTG2 is difficult to compare with other ROVs on the market. Powered by on-board rechargeable batteries negating the need for a bulky surface power supply, Deep Trekker offers many advantages over the typical top-side powered ROVs.
The on-board batteries mean a smaller diameter tether and thus drag and eliminates power loss down the tether. A smart charger simply plugs into the back of the ROV when back on shore and indoors with a 6-8 hour operating life from a single charge. The Deep Trekker range is designed to be ultra-portable at under 9kg, ships in a single box and is simple to deploy and operate. Users can have eyes in the water in 30 seconds.
The HD camera feed streams live video to the integrated LCD screen on the controller and can be plugged to a digital video recorder or TV-monitor if required.
Deep Trekker is available in 4 basic models with increasing capability culminating with the top of the range DTG-2 “Worker” with a 2 function grabber, increased thruster power, and full sensor suite to provide on screen sea water temperature, heading, pitch and roll, depth and camera angle along with auto heading and depth capability.
The unique design of the Deep Trekker is based around a patented pitching system which means that only two thrusters are required for complete manoeuvrability. An increasing range of accessories including additional lighting, video glasses, crawler wheels, laser scaler, Tritech Micron sonar, and a thickness gauge are also available.
Planet Ocean MD Terry Sloane commented it should be of huge interest to Planet Ocean’s existing customers in the science, aquaculture, moorings inspection, military, search and rescue, and ports and harbours sectors. He also expects interest from new users.
