Flexible Design Supports Wide Range of Sensors and Payloads

The Wave Glider platform with integrated sensors allows our partners to deliver unique solutions to customers. The sensor and payload architecture design makes application development easier from testing, operations, to support. More importantly, it allows customers to scale a proven application across many Wave Gliders quickly.

Sensor and Payload Architecture Key Features

Powerful solar energy system: Support a wide range of sensor and mission needs
Modular and adaptable payload design: Accelerate sensor development, integration, and support with standardized mechanical and electrical interfaces

Sensor placement flexibility: Up to 5 locations to house payloads and sensors, including significant towing capability (up to 500kg)
Flexible and powerful on-board compute environment: Access data and results more quickly, process detailed sensor data in-situ, and send summary data over satellite

Both Liquid Robotics and our partners integrate and support sensors and payloads. Our Open Oceans Program gives developers, scientists, and companies the tools, information, and support needed to develop, test, and support new sensors and payloads.

Areas for sensor placement:

Mast
Float
Below float
Sub
Towing

Liquid Robotics Integrated Sensors

Company	Sensor Type (or Application) and Spec Sheet	Location(s)
Airmar	Weather Station Weather Station 200WX w/o Humidity	1
Datawell	Wave Height & Direction (GPS Motion Sensor) MOSE-G1000	2
Liquid Robotics	Wave Height Contact Liquid Robotics for additional information	2
Liquid Robotics	Camera Contact Liquid Robotics for additional information	1
Liquid Robotics	BGAN Communications System Download the spec sheet	1
Seabird	CTD (conductivity, temperature, pressure) Glider Payload CTD (GPCTD)	3, 4
Seabird	CTDO (conductivity, temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen) Glider Payload CTD + DO (GPCTD+DO)	3, 4
Teledyne	Ocean Currents Workhorse Monitor (WHM) 300kHz ADCP Workhorse Monitor (WHM) 600kHz ADCP	3
Teledyne Benthos	Acoustic Modem Teledyne Benthos – ATM-903-LA2	5
Turner	Fluorometry Turner C3 – Refined fuels, Crude Oil, Chyl-A Turner C3 – Crude Oil, Chyl-A, Turbidity Turner C3 – Refined fuels, CDOM, Turbidity Turner C3 – Chyl-A, Turbidity, CDOM	3
Ultra Electronics (USSI)	Hydrophone: Passive Acoustic Sensor (PAS) PAS Sensor	5
Vemco	Acoustic Monitoring Receiver Vemco VR2C (Cabled Receiver)	4, 5

Additional Sensor and Payload Development

Our partners, developers, and scientists integrate sensors and other payloads with the Wave Glider to create solutions. Our reseller partners can deliver complete solutions to customers and provide support for sensor integration they perform.

Learn more about our Technology Partner ecosystem.

Sensor Integration for Scientific Research

We have a dedicated ecosystem of scientific researchers who use the Wave Glider. A sample of this ecosystem includes includes:

If you are a researcher interested in using the Wave Glider, visit the Wave Glider for Researchers page.