Name: Kingfisher USV
Brand: Clearpath Robotics (Canada)

Clearpath Robotics (Canada) Kingfisher USV (1)

Was quote-onlySold on a get-a-quote basis. Price never published. The M100 was on sale by 2011 (unconfirmed) and the redesigned M200 was announced in November 2012.

Discontinued · unavailableVia SSH / web / bridgeROSCatamaranWater-jet driveDiscontinued

UnavailableShipping: Discontinued. No longer sold. Used units occasionally move between university labs.

Remote control: Join the boat's Wi-Fi network and run ROS on a laptop to send velocity commands and read GPS, IMU and camera topics.

Brochure (2015) ↗M200 announcement (2012) ↗ROS robots page ↗

Overview

Clearpath's first research boat, a small catamaran built for university autonomy work and shallow-water surveys. The M100 was followed by the M200 in late 2012, which added semi-planing hulls and jet thrusters. It shipped ready for teleoperation with ROS drivers, and around 2016 Clearpath replaced it with the Heron USV, which uses the same 1.35 m hull dimensions and specs. It is the water sibling of the Husky and Jackal ground robots.

Specifications

Category	Swimming robots · Surface & autonomous boats
Released	2011
Country	Canada
Availability	Discontinued · unavailable
Programmability	Open source (hardware + software)
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	Camera
Actuators	Unknown
Audio	No audio
Compute type	x86 PC (Intel / AMD)
Remote control	Via SSH / web / bridge
Size	1.35 × 0.98 × 0.32 m deployed (0.56 m wide stored), 28 kg
Propulsion	Catamaran with semi-planing hulls and two enclosed electric water-jet thrusters (40 N thrust)
Depth rating	Surface only (120 mm draught)
Tether / comms	None, Wi-Fi radio link
Camera	Front hazard camera
Sensors	GPS, IMU, compass, 10 kg payload for options such as sonar, ADCP, lidar and water-quality sensors
Runtime	2.5 h (14.4 V 29 Ah NiMH pack, 8 h recharge)
Speed	1.7 m/s (3.3 kn)
Compute	Onboard Intel Atom PC running Ubuntu and ROS
SDK	ROS drivers (cmd_vel, GPS and IMU topics), C++, MOOS-IvP