Database-derived collection
Manufacturer-described portable vehicles. 16 records qualify from the current dataset; missing values are excluded from numerical ranking.
A configurable, shore- or small-vessel-deployable survey platform built around interchangeable vehicle and payload modules.
View verified record →A buoyancy-driven ocean glider offered in shallow and deep configurations for long-duration water-column observation.
View verified record →General Dynamics Mission Systems
A two-person-portable littoral survey vehicle in the Bluefin family.
View verified record →The commercial continuation of MBARI’s long-range propeller-driven AUV architecture for ship-light ocean observation.
View verified record →A compact member of Exail’s defense AUV range. Numerical specifications are withheld here until verified against a current primary datasheet.
View verified record →A single-person-portable coastal AUV with an open payload and software architecture.
View verified record →The extended-endurance 9-inch Iver4 configuration for longer ingress, egress and payload-intensive missions.
View verified record →Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The compact coastal member of the REMUS family, originally developed at WHOI and adaptable to varied sensor packages.
View verified record →Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
MBARI’s first long-range AUV, developed for shore-launched biological and oceanographic missions and later licensed for commercial production.
View verified record →The third generation of the REMUS 100 series, modernized around open architecture and field-reconfigurable payloads.
View verified record →A compact modular REMUS platform with selectable endurance configurations for littoral missions.
View verified record →The portable 5.8-inch Iver4 configuration, optimized for rapid battery swaps and shallow-water survey.
View verified record →A rechargeable modular glider offered in single- and double-battery configurations for persistent shallow-water sensing.
View verified record →The 1,000-meter SEAEXPLORER glider configuration for multi-month, large-area ocean observation.
View verified record →University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
A buoyancy-driven research glider developed by UW for multi-month, basin-scale oceanographic observation.
View verified record →A two-person-portable, single-person-launch all-terrain AUV able to survey in any roll angle and inspect at low speed.
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