LAUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

LAUV is OceanScan’s portable autonomous underwater vehicle with an open architecture for adding navigation, communications and survey modules. Users can replace those modules or add their own instruments and behaviours, building on the vehicle’s core computing, communications and navigation system.

Neptus command-and-control software covers configuration, planning, simulation, execution and post-mission analysis for one or more vehicles. A laptop and portable communications hub form the field setup, and the vehicle can be launched from shore, a pier or a small boat without a crane. Its software is based on the open-source LSTS toolchain, giving research and survey teams access to the code used to extend the platform’s functions.