
UTILITY BUDDY
Versatile utility ROV for precise subsea intervention, heavy-load handling, and complex offshore operations in challenging underwater environments
Utility BUDDY is a powerful and highly adaptable remote operated vehicle (ROV) designed for demanding subsea intervention tasks, based on a crane. Combining exceptional payload capacity, precise positioning capabilities, and versatile tool integration, it enables the safe handling of heavy loads and the efficient execution of complex operations on the seabed. Its advanced control system and robust propulsion provide maximum stability and maneuverability, even in challenging offshore environments
- Subsea intervention and recovery operations
- UXO and munitions recovery support
- Offshore infrastructure inspection
- industrial offshore missions
- Mission with medium vessels
- Highly maneuverable
- Highest lift 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
- heavy-duty gripper
- full hd cameras (180 degree field of view)
- led spots
- dvl
Extensions
- electric tether management system
- tether – hybrid fiberoptic cable
- inertia navigation system
- forward locking sonar
- manipulators
- 4k cameras
- Laser
Technical specifications
Dimensions (LxWxH)
1050 x 1050 x 675
mm
Depth Rating
300
m
Deadweight in air
130*
*300m depth rating
kg
Thrust
horizontal 70
kgf
Sensors
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
UTILITY BUDDY in action
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 Utility BUDDY’s components can be printed within 24 hours and delivered to you in no time.
Damage is inevitable, but downtime is not.


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!









