Product profile
Kingfisher M200
Kingfisher M200 is Clearpath Robotics' legacy remote survey USV for hydrographic and environmental data collection. Its compact semi-planing hulls, electri...
Facts
- Company
- Clearpath Robotics
- Product type
- usv
- Status
- legacy
- Primary capability
- hydrographic_survey
- Website
- https://clearpathrobotics.com/blog/2012/11/clearpath-introduces-new-kingfisher/
About Kingfisher M200
Kingfisher M200 was developed as a compact remotely operated survey vessel for measurements that would otherwise expose crews to difficult water conditions. Electric jet thrusters and semi-planing hulls were intended to improve manoeuvrability and speed in flowing water without relying on exposed propellers.
The modular payload area could carry ADCP instruments, single-beam, multibeam or side-scan sonar, LiDAR and centimetre-class GPS configurations. Clearpath positioned the system for bathymetry, erosion monitoring, sediment mapping, flow measurement, dam inspection and harbour safety. The 2012 M200 is now a legacy product, distinct from Clearpath's current ground-robot portfolio.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Survey USV
Core: Kingfisher M200
Function: Hydrographic survey
Audience: Survey teams
Specifications
- hull_configuration
- Semi-planing hulls
- mission_workflows
- Bathymetric data collection, shore erosion monitoring, sediment mapping, flow-rate measurement, dam inspection and harbour safety
- payload_options
- ADCP, single-, multi-beam or side-scan sonars, LiDAR and GPS
- platform_class
- Remote survey unmanned surface vessel
- positioning_accuracy_cm
- Up to, with supported GPS configuration cm
- propulsion
- Electric jet thrusters
Operations
- Environment
- rivers, coastal_waters, harbours, dams
- Primary user
- hydrographic_survey_teams, environmental_scientists, marine_engineers
- Role
- hydrographic_survey, marine_data_collection, environmental_monitoring, payload_integration
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, remote_teleoperation, payload_integration
- Mobility class
- uncrewed_surface_vessel, waterborne_mobile_robot
- Product detail
- https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/robotics_assets/products/korthos-product-candidates-2026-08-22-batch-29/clearpath-kingfisher-m200-16x9.jpg, semi_planing_catamaran_usv, hydrographic_survey_usv, 1600, confirmed logical existing category and subtype, 900, 05b290ea4862b6f3f38605f2d8c9a7504e9e0d795024b19292cf8b1d20777be5, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Survey USV, robotics_assets, existing_category_first, https://www.clearpathrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08...
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- VASO paper evaluates formally verifiable physical-AI skills on Clearpath Jackal — 2026-06-03
- Safety-constrained RL paper validates reachability-checked navigation on Clearpath Jackal — 2026-05-13
- GA3T dataset uses Clearpath Husky for air-ground traversability research — 2026-05-07
- YOPO-Nav paper benchmarks visual navigation on Clearpath Jackal trajectories — 2025-12-10
- Heterogeneous robot-collaboration paper runs real-world missions with Clearpath Jackal — 2025-10-30
- Kinodynamic-planning paper reports off-road field experiments with Clearpath Warthog UGV — 2025-09-30
- Zero-to-autonomy paper tests online dynamics adaptation on Clearpath Jackal — 2025-09-15
- Clearpath demonstrates Hovermap integration on Jackal UGV — 2025-08-07