Saildrone · autonomous vessel
Saildrone Surveyor
A 72-foot (22 m), 14-tonne uncrewed boat powered mostly by wind and solar that carries ship-class sonar to map the seafloor as deep as 7,000 m.
- Price
- —Not published
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2021-06
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Its 2021 crossing was described as the most comprehensive seafloor mapping run by an uncrewed boat.
Real-world use
Mapped 6,400 square nautical miles of seafloor on its 28-day, 2,250 nautical mile maiden voyage in 2021.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
SaildroneCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Pacific Ocean and other seas
- Driverless since
- 2021-06
- Rides, miles or loads
- 2,250 nautical miles and 6,400 sq nmi mapped on maiden voyage (Saildrone, July 2021)
How it stacks up
Against other boats & ships that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
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Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Saildrone Surveyor gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Other movement
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every Saildrone vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Sources
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