Pivotable arms and a skeleton-sealed motor make the sea scooter compact to store while blocking water and sand ingress in saltwater use.
An electrically isolated bearing liner blocks cathodic current paths, reducing marine deposits, wear, and early thrust assembly failures.
Hydrophilic water-glycerin hydraulics let controllable pitch propellers keep operating through leaks while reducing pollution and maintenance.
Calibration maneuvers and compensation coefficients remove AUV magnetic interference, enabling accurate subsea geological mapping without extra specialists.