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DECK MACHINERY & CRANES LARS

DEEPOCEAN’S PATENTED

LARS HAS BEEN

SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED

FOR THE 24-METER LONG

USV CHALLENGER.

Source DeepOcean Source DeepOcean tonomous surface vessel to enable it to recover swarm AUVs. looking sonar and seizes it using specially designed clips. The

The system is scalable because the recovery onus is on the LARS can then rewind the cable, bringing the vehicle on- larger, more capable platform. When the swarming agents are board. Smart interactions between vehicle and surface vessel done with their mission, the ASV uses use computer vision determine the best heading for launch or recovery. The surface and acoustic tracking technology to locate and scoop them up. vessel adopts the plan and so does the LARS.

Exail has developed a modular LARS that can handle both “We have many autonomous functions integrated into our

AUVs and towed underwater vessels from an unmanned sur- systems,” says Peter Crocker, Kraken Robotics’ KATFISH face vessel. This reduces the number of LARS that are needed and LARS Product Owner. Kraken Robotics offers the ISO20- to be purchased, operated and maintained. The LARS can op- LARS, which ? ts an ISO20 footprint, and a more compact erate in heavy seas, because at the end of the mission, it puts LARS suitable for uncrewed surface vessels. While the a cable into water and unwinds it until its tip is well below the ISO20-LARS integrates human-in-the-loop autonomy fea- in? uence of waves. The AUV detects the cable using front- tures, the USV-LARS is designed to allow for fully autono- 26 July/August 2025

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