Near-Realtime Monitoring of Drones at Sea

Explore the challenges and solutions of monitoring autonomous ocean drones in a conference talk from Strange Loop 2021. Dive into Saildrone's innovative approach to cost-effective ocean data collection using wind and solar-powered vehicles. Learn about the systems developed for remote fleet health monitoring over satellite communications, enabling long-endurance missions in harsh conditions. Discover how these autonomous vessels operate in exotic locations, gathering crucial marine data. Gain insights into the technical aspects of fleet operations software, including data management, sonar checks, and API integration. Understand the impact of this technology on marine habitat monitoring, bathymetric surveys, and autonomous sailing.

Intro
Data Collection
Monitoring Marine Habitats
Bathymetric Surveys
Surveyor
Autonomous Sailing
Data Management
Summary
Technical Bits
Checks
downstream checks
how sonar checks work
sonar check configuration
Sonar Slack
Sonar REST API
Example
Additional Examples
Numbers
The Upshot
Questions