Autonomous USV marks milestone for Sea Machines

Powered by Sea Machine’s SM300 autonomous command and control system, the 7m SELKIE 7is the company’s first turnkey autonomous vessel.

“She’s finally here,” said Michael G. Johnson, founder and chief executive of Sea Machines.

“With nine years of autonomous development and on water use behind SELKIE, our overarching goal is to give the world’s fleet operators products that enable them to capture new and substantial value from their work.”

Johnson goes on to say that SELKIE is ‘poised to revolutionise’ industries ranging from hydrographic surveying, offshore asset inspection, and persistent on water operations such as security and environmental studies.

Key features include:

• Cutting-edge autonomous functions.
• An easy to use, intuitive single screen graphical user interface.
• A survey ready design with under-keel sonar mount, CTD winch, and ample power and space to mount hardware.
• An integrated payload/cargo bay with generous storage equivalent to 2 Euro pallets.
• High operational endurance through its efficient design and diesel propulsion.