Product profile
Blueye X3
Blueye X3 is a professional tethered ROV for underwater inspection and intervention. Its three guest ports accept sonars, manipulators, positioning systems...
Facts
- Company
- Blueye Robotics
- Product type
- rov
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- underwater inspection and intervention
- Website
- https://www.blueyerobotics.com/rov/x3
About Blueye X3
Blueye X3 is a battery-powered remotely operated vehicle with multiple thrusters, onboard cameras and a tether carrying communications to the surface. Three guest ports provide mechanical, power and data connections for sonar, positioning beacons, manipulators, auxiliary cameras and inspection sensors. The modular arrangement lets operators change payloads between missions without replacing the core vehicle.
A topside operator pilots the ROV through Blueye’s control application while viewing live video, depth and vehicle-status information. Inspection footage and observations can be recorded for reporting and asset-management workflows. The X3 is commercially deployed for aquaculture, shipping, offshore energy, public safety and infrastructure inspection, with Blueye supplying tether systems, controllers, batteries, payload integrations and service support.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Inspection ROV
Core: Modular guest ports
Function: Underwater inspection
Audience: Marine teams
Specifications
- camera_resolution
- 1920 × 1080 video at 25/30 fps
- depth_rating
- 305 m / 1,000 ft
- dimensions
- 485 × 257 × 354 mm (L × W × H)
- onboard_storage_gb
- 256 GB SD card GB
- runtime_h
- Approx. 2 h with standard battery / 5 h with high-capacity battery
- speed_mps
- 1.5 m/s forward speed in normal use m/s
- thruster_configuration
- 4 × 350 W thrusters
- weight_kg
- 8.6 kg with salt-water ballast kg
Operations
- Environment
- vessel hulls, aquaculture sites, subsea infrastructure, confined underwater spaces
- Primary user
- marine operators, navies, coast guards, aquaculture teams
- Role
- underwater inspection, subsea observation, sensor deployment, light intervention
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised
- Mobility class
- tethered remotely operated underwater vehicle
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Water Linked demonstrates Sonar 3D-15 live on Blueye X3 — 2026-06-01
- Blueye launches X7, X3 Ultra and Blueye Cloud — 2026-05-19
- Norwegian Customs deploys Blueye ROVs for maritime border-control inspections — 2025-12-10
- Blueye wins Norwegian Customs ROV contract for vessel inspection — 2025-08-19
- Blueye wins Netherlands Royal Navy ROV contract — 2025-08-19
- Norwegian Coast Guard equips fleet with Blueye X3 ROV systems — 2023-04-17
- Water Linked DVL A50 and UGPS support added for Blueye X3 — 2023-02-01
- Blueye launches X3 next-generation ROV — 2021-06-01