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Blueye X3

About

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.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Workflows: Industrial inspection, Underwater Robotics
  • Subsea survey and inspection

    Customer-site use - 2024-06-20 - Blueye Robotics documents Noble using the Blueye X3 to complete 19 ballast-tank inspections in two days on an offshore unit, establishing exact-product customer-site use.

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  • Robotic inspection

    Research demonstration - 2024-06-20 - Autonomously followed and inspected a mooring line in real sea conditions. - environment: real-sea offshore mooring-line trial

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Observed use

Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.

  • Sonar 3D-15

    2026-06-01 - Physical Demo - Mounted - Physical - Water Linked demonstrated Sonar 3D-15 physically mounted on a Blueye X3 ROV for live real-time underwater 3D imaging.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Blueye X3

    Micron Gemini Multibeam Sonar For Blueye X3 - Perception - Tritech - Tritech supplies micron gemini multibeam sonar for blueye x3 for Blueye Robotics Blueye X3 - source: blueyerobotics.com

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  • Blueye X3

    Dvl A50 Ugps Underwater Navigation For Blueye X3 - Positioning & navigation - Water Linked - Water Linked supplies dvl a50 ugps underwater navigation for blueye x3 for Blueye Robotics Blueye X3 - source: waterlinked.com

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  • Blueye X3

    Oculus Multibeam Sonar For Blueye X3 Rov - Perception - Blueprint Subsea - Blueprint Subsea supplies oculus multibeam sonar for blueye x3 rov for Blueye Robotics Blueye X3 - source: blueyerobotics.com

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Research

  • A Sonar-Visual Dataset for Cross-Modal Underwater Robot Perception

    2026-05-31 - Research Publication - A Blueye X3 equipped with a monocular camera and multibeam sonar collects SOVIS, a synchronized real-world dataset for cross-modal underwater perception.

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  • Enabling scalable inspection of offshore mooring systems using cost-effective autonomous underwater drones

    2025-10-16 - Research Publication - Blueye X3 simulation, dock and open-sea trials validate a low-cost vision-only framework for autonomous mooring-line inspection, object detection and 3D reconstruction.

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  • Underwater Drones as a Low-Cost, Yet Powerful Tool for Underwater Archaeological Mapping: Case Studies from the Mediterranean

    2025-01-24 - Research Publication - A sensor-equipped Blueye X3 maps a Late Roman wreck and produces a navigation-assisted 3D reconstruction benchmarked against an earlier diver survey.

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Timeline

  • Blueye wins Norwegian Customs ROV contract for vessel inspection

    2025-08-19 - Contract Award - The contract covers underwater drones for Norwegian Customs inspection operations. The systems support vessel inspection below the waterline for maritime border-control work. The package includes Blueye X3 ROVs and inspection-support accessories.

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  • Blueye X3 supports Norwegian Coast Guard operations

    2024-10-11 - Deployment - The crew uses the Blueye X3 for hull inspections, ship-damage checks and work on vessels with propellers fouled by fishing nets. The ROV has supported a 100-metre recovery operation and reduces the need to send divers into dangerous or time-sensitive underwater situations. Blueye says multiple crew members are trained pilots, with four or five qualified on one shift and another operator team on the other shift so the system can be deployed at sea or in port.

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  • Norwegian Coast Guard equips fleet with Blueye X3 ROV systems

    2023-04-17 - Contract Award - Blueye said the contract would equip the entire Norwegian Coast Guard fleet. The X3 packages included DVL, multibeam sonar, gripper, and navigation equipment. The ROVs support inspection, search, and underwater mission tasks.

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  • Water Linked DVL A50 and UGPS support added for Blueye X3

    2023-02-01 - Partnership - Blueye's X3 smart connector identifies the DVL A50 and exposes its functions in the vehicle's control interface. The integration adds seabed-referenced station keeping and automatic altitude control to the X3. Water Linked's UGPS G2 can also connect to Blueye vehicles for absolute underwater positioning and position logging.

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  • Blueye launches X3 next-generation ROV

    2021-06-01 - Product Launch - The X3 was Blueye's third ROV model. The platform added three guest ports for external payload integration. The launch source described DVL, GPS, sonar, and app-integrated peripheral support.

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