AGISTAR highlights its development of fully customized Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) platforms for applications including hydrographic surveying, environmental monitoring, offshore inspection, scientific research, and autonomous data collection.
Rather than supplying standard off-the-shelf systems, the company designs USVs around the specific needs of each mission, integrating the sensors, payloads, and software required to create a complete operational solution. Its custom USV platforms support payload capacities of up to 90 kg and can accommodate multiple sensors and specialized equipment, including multibeam echo sounders, scanning sonars, side-scan sonars, LiDAR systems, GNSS/RTK positioning, Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), environmental monitoring sensors, underwater cameras, and customer-specific payloads.
Navigation & Hydrographic Applications
AGISTAR combines hardware integration with software development, creating a software architecture that allows onboard systems to work together efficiently. Software functions include autonomous navigation, mission planning, sensor control, data acquisition, storage, and visualization.
Its navigation solutions incorporate precise GNSS/RTK positioning and inertial navigation technologies to provide accurate vessel localization for survey and inspection missions, while integrated LiDAR systems can be configured for obstacle detection and avoidance to improve safety during autonomous operations. Positioning data can also be synchronized with sonar, imaging, and environmental datasets to ensure accurate georeferencing and efficient post-processing.
For hydrographic applications, AGISTAR supports the integration of multibeam and scanning sonar systems with onboard computers, network switches, and vessel control systems, enabling communication between sensors and allowing survey data to be collected, stored, and processed efficiently. Sonar information can be combined with RTK positioning data to deliver high-accuracy survey results.
Surface and underwater cameras can provide real-time monitoring, inspection capabilities, and video recording. Automated deployment systems, including integrated winches and lifting mechanisms, can also be incorporated to control the deployment and recovery of sonars, underwater cameras, and scientific instruments.
Environmental Monitoring
Customized USV platforms can also support environmental monitoring, with AGISTAR integrating water quality sensors and other environmental instruments alongside onboard power management, data logging, and communication systems to enable efficient long-term monitoring operations with minimal human intervention.
Each project is approached with a focus on customer requirements, from initial concept and system design through integration, testing, and deployment. By combining marine engineering, sensor integration, and custom software development, AGISTAR provides tailored USV solutions for dedicated survey vessels, environmental monitoring platforms, and fully autonomous maritime systems capable of supporting complex marine operations in challenging environments.
