Greensea IQ, a manufacturer of advanced technology for ocean robotics, has launched two new edge processing systems: the IQNS and IQNS Mini.
The advanced edge processing systems are designed to elevate the capabilities, scale, and scope of underwater robots in defense applications.
The systems draw on Greensea IQ’s EOD Workspace with superior guidance, navigation, command, and control (GNCC), as well as onboard artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) processing.
IQNS
The IQNS is Greensea IQ’s latest model in the inertial navigation system (INS) product line. The system enhances the company’s renowned GS4 INS with advanced edge processing, vehicle control, and integrated inertial navigation.
Designed for small vehicle applications, the IQNS is a compact sensor and processing solution for Greensea’s EOD Edge software package.
The IQNS provides superior GNCC capabilities with sonar integration and onboard AI/ML processing for automatic target recognition (ATR), obstacle avoidance, and target tracking. The IQNS is equipped with an NVIDIA edge processing system for perception processing.
Other features of the IQNS include:
Full Inertial Navigation Solution
The IQNS is equipped with an onboard sensor package, aided by additional sensors such as a Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), ultra-short baseline (USBL), and GPS. The IQNS ensures accurate positioning and navigation with Greensea’s patented navigation algorithms.
Single-axis Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG)
A single-axis FOG provides exceptional heading stability, making the IQNS a robust choice for precise underwater operations, intervention, and payload operation.
Autonomy Capabilities
The IQNS provides positioning, mission, and task autonomy with integration options to common battle space integration platforms.
IQNS Mini
The IQNS Mini is tailored specifically for small underwater vehicle applications, offering the same advanced EOD edge processing features as the IQNS but in a more compact form factor.
The IQNS Mini provides an edge processor-only version of the IQNS without onboard navigation sensors.
This system was designed to add scalable processing power to the IQNS, or to add edge processing to underwater robots in the smallest form factor possible. The IQNS Mini was designed to fit above the DVL on the VideoRay Defender.
The IQNS serves as the autonomy and navigation engine for Greensea IQ’s Bayonet AUGV product line, proving its capabilities through rigorous sea trials and field testing.
EOD Edge
EOD Edge is the latest upgrade of the EOD Workspace software system used worldwide by multiple defense organizations for automating the search, detection, and neutralization of subsea threats.
EOD Edge moves processing to a subsea robot in an edge processor (“Brain”), adding local navigation, command, and control to systems like remotely operated vehicles (ROV).
This allows an ROV to use different communication schemes with the operator (lossy tethers, lower bandwidth comms, ACOMMS, etc.) while providing stable operation. It also allows for the implementation of contingency behaviors and safety features on the robot.
With a local processor, the software system can easily scale towards greater autonomy, perception, and payload operation without having to scale the communications method.
