Cellula Robotics has successfully delivered Abraham, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), to Terradepth LLC to support the development of their AxV platform.

Abraham is based on Cellula’s proven Solus-LR AUV without the fuel cell module. In less than ten months, the project team completed the design and build at Cellula’s Burnaby facility, including three weeks of sea trials in Indian Arm (BC, Canada). 

Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Cellula supported client involvement during testing and sea trials with remote data and video connections to the Cellula Ranger support vessel.

“This project is the first commercial sale of Cellula’s Solus AUV platform, further validating the design developed for Defence R&D Canada.  Cellula has enjoyed working with Terradepth’s high calibre team, and we are proud to have been part of their game changing AxV development.  Cellula would also like to acknowledge DRDC’s original contribution to the development of Solus-LR, which made this project possible,” said Eric Jackson, President of Cellula.

Cellula will continue to provide support to Terradepth as they progress their integrated vehicle sea trials in Austin, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.

Terradepth is a full-stack company integrating the latest undersea data capture, storage, and transmission technologies, deployed on a fleet of networked autonomous underwater vehicles. Their mission is to capture comprehensive data from the world's ocean on an unprecedented scale, resolution, and price point. For more information, visit their website.

Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) is the national leader in defence and security science and technology. DRDC provides the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Armed Forces and other government departments, as well as the public safety and national security communities, the knowledge and technological advantage needed to defend and protect Canada’s interests at home and abroad. For more information, please visit DRDC’s website.