Dockstr is an official distributor of SEABER AUVs

As the distributor for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland, Dockstr offers its clients Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and associated products from Seaber, a leader in small AUV technology solutions serving the marine survey industries.

YUCO, a Precise, Agile and Affordable micro-AUV

SEABER’s YUCO micro-AUV is designed to be a highly reliable, robust, and efficient autonomous platform for research and oceanographic applications and can be deployed by a single person in most offshore conditions.

The AUV comprises a standard middle/rear section housing everything dedicated to navigation, power (batteries), propulsion and embedded electronics. The frontal section hosts the variable payload where the AUV can be configured as required with quick plug-and-play integration of new sensors.

The YUCO comes in eight different configurations ranging from Swath bathymetry (2D or 3D side-scan sonar), general visual inspection (video + lighting), salinity and temperature (CTD), water quality, acoustic monitoring and environmental DNA sampling. The various configurations are shiwn in more detail below.

With minimal maintenance requirements and a high level of manufacturer support, you can rely on this AUV for consistent performance. Additionally, YUCO is easily and safely transportable, making it ideal for various marine research and oceanographic applications.

YUCO designed for research and oceanographic applications

Key features:

  • Dimensions: 100cm (length) by 12cm (diameter)

  • Weight in air: 8kgs

  • Depth rating: 300m

  • Speed: 2.5 to 6 knots

  • Endurance: 6 - 10 hours

  • Rechargeable batteries

  • Navigation accuracy: +/- 2%

Key Advantages:

  • Robustness - lower maintenance

  • Intuitive software interface and easy to program and use

  • Accurate native navigation : no need for external elements

  • Explore and gather data from the hard to access areas

  • Support –updates optimized and dedicated

  • Capability of being launched and recovered form any means

  • Flexible payload

SEABER YUCO full product range

  • YUCO SCAN

  • YUCO CARRIER

  • YUCO CTD

  • YUCO PHYSICO

  • YUCO PAM

  • YUCO 3DSS

  • YUCO LUMEN

  • YUCO eDNA

Client success stories

Industrial applications of YUCO mini-AUV

Offshore Industry

  • Seabed mapping and characterization through 2D or 3D Swath bathymetry

  • Monitor cables, pipelines and associated underwater infrastructure

  • Identify scour around structures such as wind turbine foundations

  • Good decision-making tool prior to launching heavier instrumentation

  • Inspection/measurement of cathodic protection systems

Fisheries/Aquaculture

  • Monitoring water quality around fish farms with a great spatial distribution

  • No impact on the seabed, low-noise emission, and low dynamic disturbance

  • Understand Physico-chemical phenomena and their association with marine ecosystems

  • Recognition of species living in the marine habitat

Marine dynamics & habitat

  • Understand water structure and parameters

  • Tracking the progress of a pollution tide or oil leak

  • Data recovery of pollution events including unexpected events such as algae blooms

  • Understand thermoclines and their association with climate change

  • Measurement of current, temperature and salinity profiles

Customer testimonials

“We are finally happy to have a products that meets our research expectations!”

Dough wallace
Professor
Dalhousie university

“YUCO is going to fill the gap is most our phyisico costal research dynamics!”

Ivane pairaud
Researcher
Ifremer

Dockstr is here to support your research and project needs

Our expertise in remote intervention technology and offshore operations gained over four decades, allows Dockstr to match our customer requirements to those products within the SEABER offering that best meets their needs.

Tasman Short

Tel: +46 70 751 14 55
tasman@dockstr.com