BUDDY

BUDDY

ROV

adaptable ROV for offshore inspection, monitoring, repair, survey tasks, and scientific exploration

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BUDDY is a powerful, highly adaptable remote operated vehicle (ROV). Its high payload capacity and thrust are unique in its class, enabling an extremely wide range of applications in the offshore sector.

 

Best Suited For
  • Underwater inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR)
  • Observation offshore
  • Survey on port infrastructure
  • Scientific exploration
  • Mission with medium vessels
Why this configuration
  • Highly maneuverable
  • High payload capacity
  • Wide range of interfaces

Basic configuration & extensions

Basic

  • topside unit with power supply, monitor and pilot software
  • manual tether management system
  • tether  – hybrid coax-cable for power supply and data
  • ROV with:
    • main unit (controller)
    • power unit (power supply)
    • up to 8 thruster
    • full hd cameras (180 degree field of view)
    • led spots
    • dvl

Extensions

  • electric tether management system
  • tether – hybrid fiberoptic cable
  • latch lock (for launch and recover)
  • inertia navigation system
  • forward locking sonar
  • manipulators
  • 4k cameras
  • Laser

Technical specifications

Dimensions (LxWxH) 

1250 x 715 x 675

mm

Depth Rating 

300

m

Deadweight in air 

95 / 110*
*including 2nd C260-level
**300m depth reating

kg**

Payload 

10 / 42*
*including 2nd C260-level

kg

Thrust 

horizontal 70 vertical 30/45***
***8 Thruster konfiguration

kgf

Speed 

>2,5

kt

Sensor 

Depth; Temperature; Motion sensing IMU magnetic nort; DVL; FHD cameras

Power 

Input Deck unit: 400 VAC (50 Hz); Input ROV: 800 VDC – max. 12 A; High Power Output ROV: nom. 48 VDC – max. 25 A; Low Output ROV:12, 24,36,48 VDC – max. 5 A

Data 

Umbilical: 1 GB Ethernet over COAX [max. range 700 meter]; (optional 10 GB Ethernet over Fiberoptics); ROV: 1gbit Ethernet

Buddy Final
REAL-WORLD MISSIONS

BUDDY in action

Supporting long-term ocean observation through reliable subsea operations

Ensuring continuous access to valuable environmental data through efficient monitoring, maintenance, and recovery of seabed sensor systems. Equipped with advanced sensors and a versatile manipulator, the ROV enables precise inspections and supports recovery operations, helping to maximize data availability while reducing operational effort.

System: BUDDY ROV
Application: Environmental monitoring, sensor and data recovery
Capability: Navigation, inspection, manipulation
Environment: Baltic Sea, North Sea
Customer: Bundesamt für Naturschutz

More missions ahead

We're out in the field. New challenges, new deployments, and new success stories are on the way.

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Rough use takes its toll: offshore, it’s not a question of if something will break, but when. The problem arises when spare parts are not readily available. Fortunately, 80 % of BUDDY’s components can be printed within 24 hours and delivered to you in no time.

ALWAYS READY

Damage is inevitable, but downtime is not.

GROWS WITH YOU

Designed to handle change.

What you deploy today is just the beginning. Thanks to its modular architecture, you can adapt, extend, or reconfigure your system solution if your requirements change – there’s no need to replace it!

Customer Opinion on COMPANION ROTV

We are proud owners of a COMPANION. We chose it because existing ROCVs were often too large, costly, and limited in their applications. COMPANION fills a clear gap in the market by providing a flexible and efficient solution for hydrographic surveys and marine research. Thanks to its outstanding modularity, it can investigate both the seafloor and the water column, while significantly reducing time, manpower, and maintenance costs.

  

Dr. Daniel Stepputtis

Senior Scientist & Leader of Fisheries and Survey Technology Group

Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries

Customer Opinion on BUDDY ROV

Dive into the future with BUDDY – a compact sized inspection or light work class system – the pinnacle of adaptability and modularity in ROV technology. Unleashing unmatched payload capacity and depth range, BUDDY is not just a sensor platform; it’s a game-changer, offering agility, programmable interfaces, and a personalized MISSION CONTROL experience.

  

Andreas Pinsker

Founder & CEO

CEO ROV Expert, France

Customer Opinion

The modular and adaptive approach of FRAMEWORK ROBOTICS’ technologies is the perfect complement to our portfolio. The developed solutions meet the dynamic demands of scientific research and can be adapted flexibly to new application scenarios.

This provides a significant time and resource efficiency advantage, which is particularly important in the rapidly evolving field of ocean engineering.

  

M.Sc. Louis Fotiadi

Research Assistant, Chair of Ocean Engineering

University of Rostock

Customer Opinion

We enjoy working with FRAMEWORK ROBOTICS because the modular design of their system solutions and the short decision-making processes enable them to perfectly meet our specific requirements.

  

M. Sc. Robert Mars

Leader of Marine Measurement Technology Group

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde

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