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EvoLogics

GmbH

Berlin, Germany

President/CEO: Dr. Rudolf Bannasch,

Fabian Bannasch # of employees: 50 https://evologics.de/

EvoLogics is a high-tech enterprise with headquarters in complex processes by seamlessly combining communica-

Berlin, Germany, and a US sales of? ce in Yorktown, Virginia. tion with highly accurate positioning. Moreover, EvoLogics

The company launched in 2000 with a group of scientists and caters to the needs of scientists, developers and commercial

R&D experts, aiming to develop innovative technologies for customers with a series of underwater acoustic devices and maritime and offshore industries. EvoLogics creates high- software tools that offer an open development and testing end solutions for underwater smart robotics, sensor systems, framework, providing endless opportunities for new imple- acoustic communication and positioning networks, combin- mentations. S2C systems have been carefully designed for ing state-of-the-art engineering with bionic concepts. Re- operations in harsh underwater environments and enhanced search and innovation are the cornerstones of EvoLogics, and with special algorithms for signal processing and data man- the main vector of EvoLogics’ development strategy is an un- agement. The company’s experience with sensor integration derwater “Internet of Things” that enables intelligent coopera- allows it to provide customers with turn-key solutions rang- tion between various vehicles and sensors. Smart underwater ing from initial deployment up to equipment recovery. Evo- networks build on EvoLogics’ S2C spread-spectrum commu- Logics’ core robotic solution is the SONOBOT 5 uncrewed nication technology that combines underwater acoustic data surface vehicle. The USV is a fast, compact and robust networks with integrated real-time positioning. Together with platform for planning and executing bathymetric and side- advanced sensor systems, AI-based object recognition and scan sonar surveys that can deliver accurate geo-referenced analytics, as well as autonomous underwater and surface ve- bathymetry and high-quality imagery with minimum trans- hicles for survey and support operations, they create highly port, launch and recovery efforts. AI-based object recogni- capable underwater solutions for complex mission scenarios. tion module for the Sonobot enables automatic detection of

EvoLogics offers highly reliable, ? exible and cost-effective objects in the side-scan sonar feed live during the mission. In solutions for multiple underwater communication, position- 2023, the company released a new multibeam echosounder ing, navigation and monitoring applications. EvoLogics’ de- option for the Sonobot 5 platform, the EvoLogics Multibeam. velopments are based on the patented S2C (Sweep Spread The sonar is based on a Norbit OEM solution and is fully

Carrier) technology—reliable acoustic telemetry that pro- embedded in the submersible pod of the vehicle, making it vides an independent bidirectional data link along with po- the smallest and easiest-to-handle USV equipped with a pro- sitioning, broadcasting and networking capabilities. S2C fessional multibeam sonar. Envisioned as sensor carriers for devices can simultaneously facilitate telemetry and naviga- automated monitoring missions, these include the Quadroin tion of unmanned underwater vehicles. They enable retriev- and Poggy robots for various types of surveys performed in ing information from various sensors and allow controlling self-coordinating swarm formations.

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