New Wave Media

 

The University of Gothenburg has chosen a HUGIN configuration rated to 3,000 meters, with a range of up to 300 Km. The AUV is due for delivery in February 2018, and will feature an advanced KONGSBERG navigation system in addition to an extensive package of KONGSBERG and third party instruments and sensors, including an EM 2040 Multibeam echo sounder and environmental sensors such as the Contros HydroC CO2. KONGSBERG will also deliver a HUGIN Operator Station (HOS) Payload Operator Station (POS) and Acoustic Positioning Operator Station (APOS) for communication and full control of the HUGIN and payload from the mothership.

 

“In order to map the ocean environment to the degree that vital climate change research requires, we need to focus more on increasing our use of autonomous observation platforms,” said Anna Wåhlin, Professor in Oceanography, University of Gothenburg. “Our new HUGIN AUV will significantly expand our ability to map ice, seabed, and explore marine environments previously inaccessible to us. KONGSBERG won the contract based on flexibility, experience, future expansion possibilities and price. We are confident that HUGIN will become an important tool in our on-going research in waters closer to Sweden, for example, in the Skagerrak and the Baltic Sea in addition to projects in the Antarctic and Arctic.”

 

“HUGIN AUVs are often seen as a commercial platform for offshore exploration and production operations or for naval applications such as mine countermeasures, however, they have also completed tens of thousands of survey kilometers and countless research projects for academic and marine science organizations,” said Atle Gran, Sales Manager Marin Robotics, Kongsberg Maritime.