BlueBoat+Podlet fits fully rigged in the trunk of a small hatchback and can be hand-launched and recovered at the point of survey by one person. With the lowest power consumption, it delivers the longest endurance for seamless, high-precision hydrographic data collection—all in a one-person portable package (combined mass of just 21 kg).
Podlet is supported by industry-standard acquisition and processing software, BeamworX®, EIVA NaviSuite®, Xylem HYPACK®, Teledyne PDS®, and QPS QINSy®, and offers bathymetry and backscatter (snippets) as standard. Compatible with low-cost RTK base stations such as the Reach RS2, Podlet is peerless at its price point.
Picotech Ltd has long been a specialist in the design and manufacture of miniature multibeams; its products’ small size, low weight, and class-leading power consumption allow rapid mobilization, simple launch and recovery, and long endurance. In 2016, Picotech Ltd created a new market with the PicoMB-120—enabling one-person portable high resolution USV MBES surveys—faster surveying in confined spaces through rapid mobilization, launch, and recovery at the point of survey. In 2020, Picotech Ltd released PicoPOD-130, the precursor to Podlet, with a new MBES, which reached a network of global users.
