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The Underwater Technology Unit (UTS) is part of the Technical Research Services (STR) of the UdG, which includes a total of seven units that support different specific techniques.
The unit was created at the beginning of 2013 as a result of the experience accumulated over the last few years in the field of robotics and underwater vision by the Computer Vision and Robotics Group (VICOROB) in the Underwater Robotics Research Centre (CIRS) of the University of Girona.
The aim of the unit is to provide service to UdG research groups, institutions and companies through the infrastructures, equipment, techniques and personnel that it has.
In order to request the services offered by the unit you must contact the staff in charge.
The Underwater Technology Unit offers its users (both UdG staff and external clients) access to its infrastructure and equipment:
The unit offers the service of a 7 metre long cabined vessel with base port in Sant Feliu de Guíxols:
Vessel with Ocqueteau model 695 cabin, 7 metres long, for 6 people and with a 130CV Volvo diesel inboard engine. Equipped with the safety elements of category IIIs for work on the coast. It also has Sounder, GPS and Garmin 720 Plotter.
The vessel is equipped with the following elements:
The experimental tank is a cemented pool filled with chlorinated water.
The tank is located inside the CIRS building of the UdG Science and Technology Park.
The tank measurements are:
The tank is equipped with a submerged room with windows to be able to observe the interior.
It is also equipped with a 2T bridge crane that moves longitudinally over the tank about 2 metres from the edge.
A hyperbaric chamber with fresh water is offered for testing equipment up to 140 bar.
The useful internal measurements of the chamber are 550mm diameter and 1600mm high
A metal structure is available to introduce large equipment.
The chamber is located under a bridge crane to aid in the introduction and extraction of the equipment to be tested.
The service of making underwater maps or bathymetry is offered using a multi-beam underwater sonar and a precision GPS with position correction.
The unit offers the rental of a range multibeam sonar from the manufacturer IMAGENEX type Delta-T.
The sonar emits 120 beams and covers a range of 120 degrees transverse and 3 degrees longitudinal. Operating frequency of 260KHz.
Rental of a multibeam image sonar from the manufacturer Sound Metrics model ARIS Explorer 3000. Operating frequency of 3MHz.
This sonar allows us to obtain acoustic images in real time.
Rental of underwater positioning equipment comprised of a surface unit and a submerged unit. The set, called USBL, is from the manufacturer EVO LOGICS and models S2CR 18/34.
With this equipment, the submerged element can be located from the surface element using a web interface.
Rental of a GPS RTK from the manufacturer Trimble model SPS461.
Thanks to the cartographic service of Catalonia, this GPS gives us great precision.
The unit offers both the design, construction and advice of aquatic equipment as it is supported by the underwater robotics research team of the UdG.
The acquisition of the following equipment has been co-financed by:
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