Product profile
Wave Glider SV5
Wave Glider SV5 is Liquid Robotics' wave-powered autonomous surface vehicle for persistent ocean monitoring, survey and security missions.
Facts
- Company
- Liquid Robotics
- Product type
- usv
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- ocean_monitoring
- Website
- https://www.liquid-robotics.com/wave-gliders/
About Wave Glider SV5
Wave Glider SV5 is Liquid Robotics' wave-powered autonomous surface vehicle for persistent ocean monitoring, survey and security missions.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Long-endurance autonomous surface vehicle
Core: Wave-powered ocean monitoring
Function: Carries modular payloads through persistent surface missions
Audience: Ocean research, offshore and government operators
Specifications
- float_length
- 5.15 m
- maximum_energy_storage
- 15.7 kWh
- maximum_payload
- 215 kg
- maximum_solar_collection
- 525 W
- modular_payload_bays
- 21 bays
Operations
- Environment
- open_ocean, coastal_water, harsh_marine_environment
- Primary user
- ocean_researchers, offshore_operators, government_maritime_operators
- Role
- ocean_monitoring, maritime_survey, persistent_security_monitoring, payload_integration
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, remote_supervision, cloud_connected_operations
- Mobility class
- wave_powered_surface_vehicle
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Liquid Robotics Secures $25M DoD Contract for 20 USVs — 2026-02-17
- Liquid Robotics launches Wave Glider SV5 USV — 2025-05-20
- ECC paper models sea-state interaction for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider platform — 2024-06-25
- DANS20 field trial paper evaluates full autonomy for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider — 2021-09-20
- Boeing agrees to acquire Liquid Robotics — 2016-12-06
- IROS paper predicts Wave Glider speed from wave-model data — 2014-09-01
- IFAC paper details communications architecture for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider — 2012-01-01
- Ocean Dynamics paper frames Wave Glider for persistent ocean observation — 2011-10-01