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V V V V “For all three market segments, commercial, research and defense, the top three technologies driving the AUV market are autonomy, autonomy and autonomy.”

Richard Mills, Product Sales Manager for AUVs,

Kongsberg Maritime AS

All images to the left: Kongsberg Maritime day. It has seen operations with survey companies and navies operators to mobilize the vehicle without the need for calibra- around the world, covering more than 700,000 line km of con- tion on site, as it is sent from the factory all set up and ready tracted commercial survey. to go. The result is a compact AUV capable of a full range of

MUNIN is the latest offering from Kongsberg Maritime, commercial survey tasks including pipe tracking. combining the success and modularity of most body sections from Hydroid, with the proven positioning, control and pay- Byus, Blue? n load sensor integration from the HUGIN system. One of the Blue? n Robotics is known for leveraging its mature vehicle key bene? ts of MUNIN is the navigation and payload section technologies to provide customized autonomous underwater that houses all of the key sensors and equipment. This enables vehicles that solve our customers’ unique challenges. Primar-

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