The research-vessel alternative
Research vessel charters cost tens of thousands of pounds per day and only collect data while on station. A Scout USV collects equivalent data continuously for months at roughly 200× lower cost, deployed by one person from any shore, so more of your budget goes into the science.
Bring your own sensor
Scout Adapt gives you an open payload bay with a 24 V regulated power supply and an Ethernet data connection, plus integration support from our team. It is Bristlemouth-compatible and ideal for R&D, university programmes and specialist instruments.
- Metocean & oceanographic - wave, wind, SST, pressure and expansion sensors
- Subsea data harvesting - an acoustic modem offloads data from seabed instruments and underwater vehicles, acting as a gateway to satellite
- Acoustics - hydrophone arrays and AI classification of vessels and marine mammals
- Your instrument - we support integration of third-party sensors
MonthsPersistent sampling
200×Cheaper than a ship
You ownYour data
Own it or task us
Buy a Scout to run within your group, or take the science as data-as-a-service and receive quality-controlled data via dashboard or API. New to the terms? See the ocean robotics glossary.