Ghost Robotics’ Imaginative and prescient 60 quadruped robotic is already fairly a flexible beast, able to strolling, operating and even carrying a gun. Now, due to a third-party attachment, it could possibly additionally “swim” by means of the water.

In its base type, the 51-kg (112-lb) Imaginative and prescient 60 is ready to traverse uneven terrain, dash at a prime pace of three meters per second (9.8 ft/s), carry a payload weighing as much as 10 kg (22 lb), and function for 3 hours per cost of its lithium battery pack.

And whereas it is already IP67 waterproof – which means it may be submerged to 1 m (3.3 ft) for half-hour with out leaking – it had beforehand solely been in a position to wade by means of the water. That is is now not the case, nonetheless, due to Onyx Industries’ Nautical Autonomous Unmanned Tail (NAUT) module.

Lately unveiled on the 2022 Particular Operations Forces Trade Convention in Tampa, Florida, the NAUT was designed particularly for the Imaginative and prescient 60.

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Hooked up to rear finish of the floating robotic, the aluminum-bodied jet-drive system delivers a prime pace of three knots (3.5 mph or 5.6 km/h). The NAUT operates both autonomously or by distant management, steering the Imaginative and prescient 60 through a thrust vectoring system – the robotic retains its legs tucked in to enhance hydrodynamics because it travels by means of the water.

Energy is offered both by the robotic’s battery, or by the NAUT’s personal – within the latter state of affairs, it has a claimed runtime of over half-hour. The module itself weighs 2 lb (0.9 kg), with the battery including one other 3 lb (1.4 kg). It may be shortly indifferent when vital, and just like the Imaginative and prescient 60, it is IP67 waterproof.

An Onxy consultant tells us that it is out there now, through the corporate web site. The NAUT module could be seen in use, within the following video tweeted by Ghost Robotics.

Sources: Onyx Industries, Ghost Robotics through The Robotic Report