Goes anywhere
HELIX amphibious robots can successfully traverse hard ground, mud, tailings, snow, ice, and water. With 4-screw, skid-steer capabilities, HELIX can manoeuver specialized payloads into the most inaccessible of terrains.
HELIX Mercury – Amphibious Robot
Hazardous Environment Robot For Water Monitoring Services
HELIX Mercury – Amphibious Robot
Remote Operated Geotechnical Investigations – Ground Penetrating Radar, Earth Sampling Tools, Digital Vane Shear Tool, Digital Cone Penetrometer & Geotechnical Surveys.Â
1 ton Amphibious All Terrain Rover – top speed of 2 kts on water and 4.5 mph/7.25 kmph on ground.Â
HELIX Mercury – Amphibious Robot
WATCH VIDEOThe unmanned HELIX Mercury is a 1-ton amphibious robot designed for advanced data collection and environmental monitoring in challenging conditions. Featuring a robust central payload deployment system, Mercury enables the installation of deeper and more sophisticated sensors for precise subsurface investigations. The patented screw-drive technology combines pontoons for flotation with helical grousers that act as efficient propellers in water and versatile traction devices on soft or solid ground. Mercury is engineered to navigate the diverse terrains and seasonal extremes encountered in tailings and hazardous environments, providing reliable access to mission-critical data. Part of the HELIX family, this next-generation rover builds on proven screw-drive capabilities, offering unparalleled stability, mobility, and adaptability for demanding field applications.
Benefits
Ability for heavy payloads
HELIX is designed to float on water or saturated soils and muds. Its large deck platform and high buoyancy allow heavy work such as water and mud sampling or geotechnical measurements, and add-on tanks allow for high push and pull forces.
Health and safety
Workers remain in safe environments while robots do the dangerous work. This is not only good practice, but a significant cost savings as well. HELIX can even be used to tow a stranded boat and/or be modified to act as a rescue vehicle.
Cost savings
Robots require fewer labour and equipment hours and are less expensive than conventional equipment, allowing more timely information to be gathered at lower cost. Robots can be used with fewer safety planning hours and be operational more quickly.
Green solution
Our electrically-operated cleantech robots have no emissions and can be made intrinsically safe to help industrial operations become more sustainable.
Remote Operations
HELIX Dash software enables the coordination of both autonomous and remote operational capabilities without placing humans at risk. Giving the user ultimate control over the rover.
HELIX Dash
HELIX Dash is a modular application comprised of various plugins used to monitor, control, and visualize various aspects of the rover and its payloads.
Features
- Autonomous waypoint navigation & survey path planning
- Industrial handheld remote control with E-Stop
- Computer-controlled ground station with live streaming video, data, and mapping
- Remote control range LOS up to 1.3 mi/ 2 km
- Remote control frequency, 900 MHz or 2.4 GHz
- Data Telemetry Range LOS up to 1.3 mi/ 2 km
- Wifi and on board video range LOS up to 0.7 mi/ 1 km
- Range may be increased with licensed radio hardware
- Satellite and cellular control options for BLOS
- All Terrain Amphibious
- Electric drive & battery powered
- Geotechnical or water survey payloads
- Long range radio, remote and autonomous
- All season, all weather capable
- Available globally
Technical Data
Dimensions / Weight
Performance
Speed
Additional
Length
125in / 3.2 m
Width
87in / 2.2 m
Height
285in / 7.2 m
Base weight
600 kg / 1 ton
Payload Capacity
880 lbs/ 400 kg
Power
18.2 kWhr LiPo battery pack. Available with NiCd, NiMH or LiFeP04 options
Top speed on water
2 kts
Top speed on ground
4.5 mph/ 7.25 kmph
Range
8 hours, 12.5 mi / 20 km
Navigation
Ellipse-D, Dual Antenna RTK Inertial Navigation System,± 0.2° heading, 1 cm RTK GNSS Position
