VVLAI unmanned vehicles

Cleaning remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) is a unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) designed for cleaning the inside of pipelines. Constructed of manganese steel, this cleaning ROUV is a bottom crawler with steel tracks, and is equipped with sonar and underwater cameras.[1] Constructed of manganese steel, this cleaning ROUV is a bottom crawler with steel tracks, and is equipped with sonar and underwater cameras.[1]Specification:[1]

• Length: 3.2 meter
• Width: 1.5 meter
• Height: 1.55 meter
• Maximum operating depth: 30 meter
• Speed: 3 to 10 meter / minute
• Endurance: 16 hours
• Gradeability: 20°

Dredging ROUV is an UUV designed for dredging, and has been specifically developed for South–North Water Transfer Project, and it is a bottom crawler.[2]Specification:[2]

• Length: 1.95 meter
• Width: 1.12 meter
• Height: 1.068 meter
• Speed: 3 to 15 meter / minute

Explorers (Tan-Jie-Zhe, 探界者) Y150 ROUV is designed for finding/locating underwater cables in deep water up to 3000 meters by using onboard sonar, and after locating the underwater cable, it would pass the information back to mothership, so other engineering/maintenance UUVs for further work.[3]Specification:[3]

• Weight: 4 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 3000 meters

Explorer YL200 ROUV is a bottom crawler designed for laying underwater cables in a depth of 1500 meter[4] Specification:[4]

• Length: 3.8 meter
• Width: 4 meter
• Height: 2.8 meter
• Weight: 9 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 1500 meter
• Speed: 20 meter / minute maximum

Hydropower station inspection ROUV is a bottom crawler designed to inspect underwater structures of hydropower stations, and in addition to inspection, it can also perform various maintenance tasks such as cutting and welding [5] Hydropower station inspection ROUV is equipped with two cameras and two 15W LED light, navigation and side scan sonars, also a manipulator that is capable of lifting and holding 50 kg of weight.[5]Specification:[5]

• Length: 1.3 meter
• Width: 0.9 meter
• Height: 0.65 meter
• Weight: 0.35 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 300 meter

Long distance tunnel inspection ROUV is a bottom crawler designed to inspect the inside of tunnels and pipelines that is up to 1.9 km long, mainly for hydropower stations.[6]

Pioneer (Tuo-huang-zhe, 拓荒者) 800 ROUV is a bottom crawler designed to lay cables underwater at a depth of 300 meter.[7]Specification:[7]

• Length: 18 meter
• Width: 6.5 meter
• Height: 4.5 meter
• Weight: 35 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 300 meter

Pipeline remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) is designed to clean inside of pipes with diameter of 0.2 meter or greater, and it is a wheeled vehicle with six wheels total, three on each side.[8] Pipeline ROUV is equipped with two LED lights and two cameras.[8] Specification:[8]

• Length: 0.76 meter
• Width: 0.24 meter
• Height: 0.14 meter
• Weight: 0.03 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 20 meter

Pipeline inspection ROUVs are bottom crawlers developed to inspect the inside of pipelines, and as of early 2020s, a total of two have been identified, a larger one, and a smaller one, for different sizes of pipes.[9][10]Specification of the larger pipeline inspection ROUV:[9]

• Length: 0.59 meter
• Width: 0.2 meter
• Height: 0.2 meter
• Weight: 16 kg
• Speed: 8 to 10 meter / minute
• Maximum operating depth: 50 meter

Specification of the smaller pipeline inspection ROUV:[11]

• Length: 0.5 meter
• Width: 0.15 meter
• Height: 0.13 meter

Salvage ROUV is an UUV designed to perform salvage mission at a depth of 500 meter, and it is equipped with [12]Specification:[12]

• Length: 0.65 meter
• Width: 0.46 meter
• Height: 0.45 meter
• Weight: 48 kg
• Maximum operating depth: 500 meter

Tracked underwater inspection vehicle is a bottom crawler designed to perform underwater inspection and observation mission at a depth of 300 meters[13]Specification:[13]

• Length: 1.3 meter
• Width: 0.9 meter
• Height: 0.65 meter
• Weight: 0.35 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 300 meter
• Speed: 3 kt

Underwater engineering ROUV is an UUV designed to perform various tasks underwater, such as construction work, maintenance work, inspection and scientific research.[14] The UUV is equipped with a manipulator, a camera and several LED lights.[14] Specification:[14]

• Length: 1.1 meter
• Width: 0.736 meter
• Height: 0.4 meter
• Weight: 0.1 ton
• Speed: 3 kt

Underwater maintenance robot is an UUV designed to perform various tasks underwater such as maintaining and inspecting underwater cables at a depth of 300 meter, and it is equipped with a manipulator capable of handling 50 kg of payload.[15] The UUV can also be used to inspect inside of pipeline with diameter of 0.25 meter or larger.[15] Specification:[15]

• Length: 1.3 meter
• Width: 0.9 meter
• Height: 0.69 meter
• Maximum operating depth: 300 meter

Underwater rescue ROUV is an UUV designed for rescue missions to a depth of 300 meters, and is equipped with a manipulator, camera, imaging sonar, and two 50W LED lights.[16] Specification:[16]

• Length: 0.66 meter
• Width: 0.49 meter
• Height: 0.42 meter
• Weight: 48 kg
• Maximum operating depth: 300 meter
• Speed: 3 kt

Underwater tracked inspection vehicle is a bottom crawler designed to operate to a depth of 500 meters to perform underwater inspection missions, and equipped with manipulator, it can also perform salvage tasks.[17]Specification:[17]

• Length: 0.65 meter
• Width: 0.46 meter
• Height: 0.45 meter
• Weight: 48 kg
• Maximum operating depth: 500 meter
• Speed: 3 kt

Unmanned rescue boat is an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) designed for rescues missions.[18]Specification:[18]

• Length: 1.04 meter
• Beam: 0.362 meter
• Weight: 50 kg
• Endurance: 1 hour

UUV carrier is designed as a mothership UUV carrying a smaller UUV to operate in confined space where the mothership UUV cannot, and both the mothership UUV and the smaller UUV are equipped with 15W LED lights.[19]Specification of the mothership UUV:[19]

• Length: 1.3 meter
• Width: 0.9 meter
• Height: 0.37 meter
• Weight: 108 kg

Specification of the smaller UUV:[19]

• Weight: 6 kg
• Length: 0.4 meter
• Diameter: 0.23 meter

VVL-A75 ROUV is a bottom crawler designed to inspect the inside of pipelines, and it is a wheeled underwater vehicle with three pairs of wheels, and is equipped with 700-line camera and two 10W LED lights.[20]Specification:[20]

• Length: 0.48 meter
• Width: 0.38 meter
• Height: 0.24 meter
• Weight: 0.02 ton

VVL-D130-4T ROUV is a micro UUV designed specially to collect small objects underwater at a depth of 100 meter, and is equipped with manipulator is the shape of a cage, 700-line camera, and 20W LED lights.[21]Specification:[21]

• Length: 0.6 meter
• Width: 0.37 meter
• Height: 0.37 meter
• Weight: 0.017 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 100 meter

VVL-D170-4T ROUV is an UUV designed for rescue and salvage tasks to a depth of 100 meters, and is equipped with two manipulator in the shape of a cage, cameras, and four 50W LED lights.[22] Specification:[22]

• Length: 0.85 meter
• Width: 0.6 meter
• Height: 0.5 meter
• Maximum operating depth: 100 meter

VVL-KS-A ROUV is a micro UUV designed for underwater observation, inspection and salvaging tasks,[23] and it’s essentially a mobile underwater camera with a manipulator in the shape of a cage attached, so it can grab objects underwater during salvage or research operations.[23]

VVL-KS-B ROUV is a micro UUV that is essentially a mobile underwater camera designed for underwater observation and inspection tasks.[24]Specification:[24]

• Length: 0.54 meter
• Width: 0.43 meter
• Height: 0.17 meter
• Weight: 11.5 kg

VVL-KS-JQ-D ROUV is an UUV specifically designed to work in underwater wells where the space to operate is extremely confined,[25] To operate in confined space of underwater wells, a seven-meter long carbon fiber pole is attached to the manipulator for better control and access.[25]

VVL-LD80-1000 ROUV is a bottom crawler specifically designed to overcome underwater obstacles, and it is well suited for underwater archaeology or rescue missions required going inside the wreckage when climbing stairs underwater is required.[26] In addition to its regular track, this UUV also has four tracked legs, a pair on each side, attached to the end of each main track, and this layout provides its stair climbing capability.[26]

VVL-LD260-1800 ROUV is a bottom crawler designed for cleaning, inspection, salvage and rescue operations to a depth of 600 meter, and is equipped with cameras, manipulator, four 180W and two 100W LED lights.[27]Specification:[27]

• Length: 1.8 meter
• Width: 1.33 meter
• Height: 1 meter
• Weight: 0.5 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 600 meter

VVL-LD-600-4000 underwater mining robot is a bottom crawler designed for excavation of minerals on sea bed,[11] and has been successfully used by Russian firms to excavate amber mines on the sea bed of Baltic Sea.[11]

VVL-LD4000 ROUV is a bottom crawler designed to clean underwater debris at a depth of 600 meters, and is equipped with six 700-line cameras, three 180W and three 100W LED lights.[28]Specification:[28]

• Length: 4 meter
• Width: 1.95 meter
• Height: 2.5 meter
• Weight: 4.8 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 600 meter
• Maximum speed: 26 meter / minute

VVL-M200 ROUV is a bottom crawler specially designed to inspect the inside of pipelines/[29] Constructed of aluminum, the UUV can operate to a depth of 20 meter.[29]Specification:[29]

• Length: 0.63 meter
• Width: 0.16 meter
• Height: 0.15 meter
• Maximum operating depth: 20 meter
• Minimum diameter of pipe allowed: 0.2 meter

VVL-M200-4T ROUV is an UUV designed for salvage and rescue missions, and [30] It’s equipped with four 15W LED lights and has been successfully deployed in rescue and salvage mission in Zhengzhou during 2021 Henan floods.[30]Specification:[30]

• Length: 0.65 meter
• Width: 0.45 meter
• Height: 0.5 meter

VVL-QY-270-130A ROUV is a bottom crawler mainly designed for cleaning underwater debris to a depth of 50 meters, and it is equipped with cameras and 50W LED lights.[31]Specification:[31]

• Length: 2.75 meter
• Width: 1.3 meter
• Height: 1.15 meter
• Weight: 1.1 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 50 meter

VVL-S170-3T Dolphin ROUV (Hai-Tun, 海豚) is a light weight UUV designed to work to a depth of 150 meter, and is equipped with 10W LED lights and camera for underwater observation tasks.[32]Specification:[32]

• Length: 0.69 meter
• Width: 0.41 meter
• Height: 0.3 meter
• Weight: 0.014 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 150 meter

VVL-S200-4T Dolphin 2 ROUV is a light weight UUV designed to work to a depth of 150 meter, and is equipped with 50W LED lights and camera for underwater observation tasks.[33]Specification:[33]

• Length: 0.82 meter
• Width: 0.49 meter
• Height: 0.39 meter
• Weight: 0.02 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 150 meter
• Speed: 1 meter / second

VVL-S280-4T Orca-A (Hu-Jing, 虎鲸) ROUV is an UUV designed to operate at a depth of 150 meter, and is equipped with four 1080-line high definition cameras[34] It’s mainly intended for underwater inspection, observation and archaeology missions.[34]Specification:[34]

• Length: 1 meter
• Width: 0.65 meter
• Height: 0.5 meter
• Weight: 0.06 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 150 meter

VVL-SHTB-2500A ROUV is an UUV designed to operate to a depth of 3000 meters for underwater salvage tasks, and is equipped with five 50W LED lights and 8 high definition cameras.[35]Specification:[35]

• Length: 2.5 meter
• Width: 1.3 meter
• Height: 1.4 meter
• Speed: 2 meter / second
• Maximum operating depth: 3000 meter

VVL-SS-A ROUV is an micro UUV designed for underwater salvage tasks.[36] It’s essentially a manipulator with a cage and camera attached at the end to collect underwater objects.Specification:[36]

• Maximum operating depth: 100 meter

VVL-SV-X2 ROUV is a bottom crawler designed to work to a depth of 100 meters, and is equipped with two 40W LED lights.[37]Specification:[37]

• Length: 0.85 meter
• Width: 0.5 meter
• Height: 1 meter
• Weight: 15 kg
• Maximum operating depth: 100 meter

VVL-V400-4T ROUV is an UUV designed to work to a depth of 200 meters, and is equipped with high-definition camera and two 15W LED lights[38] Specification:[38]

• Length: 0.55 meter
• Width: 0.5 meter
• Height: 0.4 meter
• Weight: 0.023 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 200 meter
• Speed: 3 k

VVL-V600-6T ROUV is an UUV designed for use in offshore oil exploitation and other underwater inspection tasks to a depth of 400 meters, and is equipped with cameras and three 50W LED lights.[39]Specification:[39]

• Length: 0.6 meter
• Width: 0.45 meter
• Height: 0.44 meter
• Weight: 0.04 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 400 meter
• Speed: 3 kt

VVL-V600-7T ROUV is an UUV designed to work at a maximum depth of 200 meters, and is equipped with five 20W LED lights and 700-line camera.[40] Specification:[40]

• Length: 1.4 meter
• Width: 0.36 meter
• Height: 0.5 meter
• Weight: 0.09 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 200 meter
• Speed: 3 kt

VVL-V1000-6T ROUV is an UUV designed to work at a maximum depth of 600 meter, and is equipped with a manipulator and a 1080-line high-definition camera.[41]Specification:[41]

• Length: 1 meter
• Width: 0.55 meter
• Height: 0.5 meter
• Weight: 0.1 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 600 meter
• Speed: 3 kt

VVL-VT1100-6T ROUV is an UUV designed to work at a depth of 600 meters, and is equipped with four 700-line cameras and a manipulator.[42]Specification:[42]

• Length: 1.1 meter
• Width: 0.55 meter
• Height: 0.5 meter
• Weight: 0.1 ton
• Maximum operating depth: 600 meter
• Speed: 3 kt