Key points
- A company representative says Impossible Metals’ Eureka 2 vehicle carries a USBL, inertial navigation system and Doppler velocity log for positioning, along with roughly 13 cameras.
- Eureka 2 is built to operate to depths of 6,000 meters with long endurance, according to the company representative on the call.
- The representative says the robotic arm and AI algorithms are proprietary IP the company developed itself, while other subsea components are standard, integrated equipment.
- Advisor Justin Manley says the vehicle will locate itself on the seafloor within meters via USBL, then use inertial navigation and Doppler velocity log for centimeter-level relative positioning before using cameras to harvest.
