Our oceans
are important
Our oceans are vital for regulating our climate and sustaining life on our planet. We need to understand, monitor, and protect them and their biodiversity to ensure their long-term sustainability. And that requires making decisions based on data we can trust.
We Need Better Quality Data
Ultra-high resolution images are crucial for accurately detecting and classifying small things in harsh ocean environments
We Need More Data Coverage
Comprehensive coverage reduces uncertainty, improves statistical accuracy, and enables more robust conclusions and decision making.
We Need Faster Data Insights
Data processing and analysis requires 3-5 longer than the data acquisition phase, delaying survey insights by weeks and often months
Video captured from towed vehicles suffers motion blur and backscatter, even when moving very slow, while drop cameras suffer limited fields of view, capturing only a small area of the seafloor at a time.
Turbidity Reduces Visibility
Video cameras flourish in the studio, not the harsh, turbid, and low-light conditions found in our oceans. How much time is lost trying to analyse poor quality video?
Too Little or Too Much
Insufficient data undermines the statistical validity and reliability, while too much data requires additional resources creates additional bottlenecks and delays.
Too Slow
Manual data processing is onerous, time consuming and prone to human error. Surely there must be a better way?
Our vision: Information we can trust
Defining a new way to collect data and extract information so we can understand how our oceans are changing
Greater coverage of high-quality data
Our goal is to allow survey vehicles to fly at higher speed than conventional cameras, allowing the linear acquisition of 5km to 9km of good, sharp and corrected image data per hour. In excess of 300,000 square meters of coverage is possible during a 10-hour AUV mission.
Robust baseline for future comparisons
Establishing a comprehensive and high-quality initial dataset creates a ground truth reference for monitoring changes over time.
Framework for developing AI
Greater coverage of high-quality data means we have sufficient volumes of data for training AI models to automate tasks like object detection and classification. The INKA processing platform ensures data is captured and pre-processed in a uniform manner, critical for optimising model performance. Once trained, models can be deployed and run live on the edge during mission surveys, delivering eventing and insights in real-time.
Introducing
The intelligent subsea sensor for environmental research
A fully integrated system with Clarity onboard
INKA Iris is a compact, intelligent solution for environmental research at depths of up to 1000 meters.
Requiring minimal payload space (183mm length, 72mm width, 1.4kg in water) and low power consumption. Perfect for midsize Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).
Trusted by major AUV manufacturers in subsea exploration
Ultra-High Resolution Image Data
INKA Iris delivers exceptionally low ground sampling distances, creating ultra-high spatial resolution imagery packed with fine details. This high-resolution capability is vital for robust analysis and for training AI models to automate detection and classification tasks.
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