MATADOR - Dalhousie University CERC.OCEAN Lab
MATADOR - MApping Tracking And Detection of Oil using Robots
PragmaTech is partnering with the CERC.OCEAN Laboratory at Dalhousie University to develop a prototype USV (Uncrewed Surface Vehicle) with custom payloads as part of the MATADOR project.
MATADOR (MApping Tracking And Detection of Oil using Robots) is one of five finalists in the NRCan Oil Spill Reponse Challenge. The project aims to develop a rapidly deployable, multi-platform, remote sensing system that can detect and characterize oil spills.
Remote Sensing USV Development and Beyond
PragmaTech is assisting the design, fabrication, and testing of many aspects of the MATADOR system. The key component of the project is a personal watercraft-based USV as a fast, long-range delivery vehicle (>250 km at 40 kt) and a communication and control hub for various modular payloads. These include sensor packages, small ROVs and AUVs, as well as the PASCAL water sampler.
Pragmatic Design. Period.
The key design philosophy for the MATADOR USV is to utilize existing products, technologies, and open-source software to create a system that can be rapidly manufactured and adapted for multiple users and markets.
Our goal is to develop a universal platform - a pickup truck for the ocean, for the price of a pickup truck.