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Located
next to MIT's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bluefin
is in one of the most advanced technology capitals of the
world. Here AUVs are designed and assembled by leaders in
AUV development.
Our mechanical and electrical facilities include a machine
shop, a mechanical assembly area that allows simultaneous
work on several vehicles in separate bays, a 10,000 psi pressure
vessel for testing sub-assemblies and small systems or sensors,
a test tank, an ultrasonic welding station, state-of-the-art
electronics test and assembly stations. We have the capability
to encapsulating electronic and other subsystems, electronic
measurement tools. Our design is supported by state of the
art engineering packages.
Three separate computer networks supplemented with high speed
internet lines support a range of mechanical drafting and
analysis software, electronic design and testing packages,
and provides our software team with the infrastructure needed
to develop and test the software that endows our vehicles
with full autonomy.
Our operations base in the former US Navy Shipyard in Quincy,
MA includes a 35-ton crane, and we have in place a lease on
the Research vessel the “Ocean Explorer” for testing
at sea. Operations vans, vehicles, trailers and shipping gear
to move AUVs round out our capabilities for supporting engineering
tests of vehicles (e.g., integration trials or evaluations
of software/hardware performance in real-world conditions).
Bluefin employees consider the sea their
"second office".
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