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Freedom™ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Transforming subsea operations with intelligent data gathering.

The Freedom™ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is the most advanced, resident-capable underwater robotic solution available today. It offers the data resolution and completeness of coverage in a single pass usually only obtainable using an ROV, but with the speed and mission efficiency of a traditional AUV.

Intervention Tasks

Reduces HSE Risks

Vessel

Reduces Vessel Days

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Reduces CO2 Emissions

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Reduces Offshore Personnel

ROV Coverage.
AUV Speed.

The Freedom™ AUV delivers vessel-supported rapid, true single pass pipeline, flowline, and umbilical inspections.

Faster Than Traditional AUVs and ROVs

A traditional AUV may require two to three passes over the same pipeline to collect the data Freedom can collect in a single pass.

Quick recognition of subsea anomalies

Anomaly recognition of free-spans, burials, and crossing can trigger sub-missions for close inspection and data gathering, avoiding subsequent campaigns after the initial survey.

Increased Flexibility

High Resolution Data

Freedom precisely tracks the asset allowing for close proximity inspection as low as 3-5m altitude using next generation sensors and cameras, providing detailed, data-driven models to support accurate decision making.

Weather Resilient

With over-the-side cage recovery from a vessel or stationed on a resident subsea docking station, Freedom can work in harsh environmental conditions.

Feature-Based Navigation

Freedom’s proprietary software, COMPASS, provides onboard analysis of sonar and computer vision data to support close proximity inspection, touch-free proximity cathodic protection measurement, and hydrocarbon leak detection.

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Horizontal, Vessel-Based Docking

For standard vessel-deployed and accompanied operations, Freedom can autonomously locate, orientate around, align, and latch within a docking station suspended from the vessel.

Freedom™ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

A Fully Resident Approach

Resident-Capable

Freedom’s capability to locate, orientate, and horizontally dock with a subsea docking station is a vital component to enable Field of the Future operations. Work can be performed in more challenging weather conditions and for longer continuous durations than traditional ROVs and AUVs by supporting the ability to change tools, recharge, and data offload without the vehicle being recovered to surface.

Timeline

2017: Freedom Project Begins (TRL 1)
May 2019: Commencement of Living Lab Software development (TRL 3)
January 2020: Freedom prototype vehicle delivered to the Living Lab
June 2020: Freedom in Living Lab untethered with batteries (TRL 4)
July 2021: Commencement of offshore DevOps trials (TRL 5)
Freedom being lowered into the sea
June 2022: TRL 6 Achieved
February 2023: CP survey and leak detection features added
September 2023: Start of Commercial Pipeline Operations

On-Demand Webinars

Check out our webinar series on the development of our Freedom™ autonomous vehicle.

Episode 1: Freedom™ Autonomous Vehicle Development Overview

Episode 1: Freedom™ Autonomous Vehicle Development Overview

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Episode 2: Freedom™ Testing and Qualification Program

Episode 2: Freedom™ Testing and Qualification Program

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Episode 3: Freedom™ Autonomous Robotics Software Platform

Episode 3: Freedom™ Autonomous Robotics Software Platform

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