Freedom AUV
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Descripción general
Oceaneering's resident-capable hybrid AUV/ROV for high-resolution single-pass inspection and autonomous docking at offshore subsea assets.
Freedom is Oceaneering's resident-capable hybrid AUV/ROV for subsea inspection and light intervention. It combines AUV transit efficiency with ROV-like close-proximity coverage, allowing a single pass to collect high-resolution data along pipelines, flowlines, and umbilicals. Its COMPASS software analyses sonar and computer-vision data onboard for feature-relative navigation, cathodic-protection measurements, and hydrocarbon-leak detection. Freedom can autonomously find, align with, and latch into vessel-based or subsea docking stations, enabling data offload, charging, and tool exchange without recovering the vehicle to deck. The program achieved independently assessed Technology Readiness Level 6 for pipeline inspection in 2022.
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Oceaneering publicly describes operation 3-5 m from infrastructure, six-degree-of-freedom control, feature-based COMPASS navigation, and autonomous horizontal docking, but does not publish a stable current public datasheet with core dimensions and depth rating.
