Kraken Robotics completes acquisition of 3D at Depth
02 April 2025
09 March 2023
Kraken Robotics Inc has announced $1.5 million in orders from a US defense customer for its AquaPix synthetic aperture sonars (SAS). These 6000-meter rated systems will be integrated to the customer's Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). Delivery is expected in 2023.
Demand for Kraken's SAS products has increased significantly and for 2023 the company expects to deliver approximately 3x the volume as compared to previous years. The demand increase is a combination of several factors including:
- An uptick in demand driven by customer desire for stronger intelligence about subsea infrastructure in both shallow and deep-water installations
- Increasing adoption of SAS over traditional side scan sonar
- The modularity and versatility of our SAS having a track record of successful integrations on over 20 different underwater platforms
The increased range, resolution, and therefore higher useable Area Coverage Rate of SAS over traditional Side Scan Sonar systems significantly expand the capabilities of naval, scientific, and commercial applications. This modularity of Kraken's SAS to cross several platforms enables military customers to streamline their Post Mission Analysis by having the same sonar resolution and ATR performance across their entire fleet of vehicles and mission requirements.
Concrete mattresses protecting a buried cable, taken from Kraken MINSAS at 2 cm x 2 cm resolution.
The centre of the mattresses are at approximately 55 m of range, and the individual concrete blocks are 20 cm x 20 cm.
Kraken Robotics Services UK Limited
Kraken Robotics Services UK Limited, formerly known as PanGeo Subsea, is part of Kraken Robotics Inc. - a marine technology company dedicated to the production and sale of software-centric sensors, subsea batteries, and underwater robotic systems. It provides high-resolution 3D acoustic imaging solutions and services to enable clients to overcome the challenges in our oceans - safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Kraken Robotics is headquartered in Canada and has offices in North and South America and Europe. Kraken is ranked as a Top 100 marine technology company by Marine Technology Reporter. Kraken Robotics Services UK Limited delivers marine geophysical-geotechnical services, specialising in high resolution 3D acoustic imaging solutions to mitigate risk in offshore installations by imaging and identifying geohazards in the seabed and providing detailed soil stratigraphy. These services are delivered using the following Kraken technologies: Sub-Bottom Imager™ The SBI is used for site assessment prior to pipeline and cable laying operations to identify geo-hazards, man-made objects (UXOs and the like) and debris lying in or near the projected routes up to 7m in depth. The SBI is equally adept in confirming Depth of Burial of pipelines and cables in any post-lay operations. Key Benefits include: Pre-Route engineering surveys; Decommissioning surveys; Unexploded ordnance survey support; Buried offshore pipe/cable as-laid / as built surveys; Buried offshore pipeline/cable integrity surveys Acoustic Corer™, The Acoustic Corer™ 3D technology images geohazards buried beneath the seafloor such as boulders, cemented layers, shallow gas, abandoned seabed infrastructure and unexploded ordnance up to 30 meters in depth. De-risking offshore foundation installation; Geohazard locating and imaging; High definition stratigraphic imaging and mapping.
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