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🇺🇸 Saildrone Voyager

Saildrone · USA · unveiled 2022
commercial task-autonomous hybrid data confidence: medium
57.9
MARMX Score
Rank #2 of 2 marine / underwater

Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot

Score breakdown

AutonomyManipulationMobilityHardwareCommercial
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%92.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 8%0.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 30%72.5
Hardware & Engineering · 25%5.0
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 12%99.0

Not applicable to marine / underwater robots: Ecosystem & Viability. Excluded from the index and the remaining weights renormalised — not scored zero.

Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the MARMX. Compare it only with other marine / underwater robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →

Notable

10 m mid-size USV with up to 90-day endurance and no support vessel; IHO-compliant multibeam survey to 300 m.

Deployment evidence

Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.

Sulmara offshore energy survey (10-vessel agreement)

unknown · unverified

  • No deployment-specific evidence recorded.

Specifications

Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.

Height
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Weight
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Payload
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Runtime
2160.0 h
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Total DoF
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Hand DoF per hand
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Dexterous hands
No
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Actuation
hybrid
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Form factor
usv
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Onboard compute
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

AI model
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Autonomy
task-autonomous
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Saildrone Voyager in context: rank, rivals and specs

Compare with Saildrone Surveyor →

Voyager is a underwater robot from Saildrone in USA, and it is commercially available. It scores 57.9 on the Marine Metric, ranking 2nd of 2.

The next robot above it is Saildrone Surveyor, at 80.3.

On autonomy, it has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. 1 deployment claim is on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.

Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-08.

Task evidence

Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →

No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.

Frequently asked questions about the Saildrone Voyager

How much does the Saildrone Voyager cost?

Saildrone has not published a price for the Saildrone Voyager, and none is estimated here.

What are the Saildrone Voyager's specs?

Published specifications: runtime 2160 h.

Is the Saildrone Voyager autonomous?

The Saildrone Voyager has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.

How does the Saildrone Voyager compare to the Saildrone Surveyor?

On the MARMX, the Saildrone Voyager scores 57.9 and the Saildrone Surveyor 80.3; the Saildrone Surveyor leads on mobility & locomotion, hardware & engineering and commercial readiness & deployment.

Who makes the Saildrone Voyager?

The Saildrone Voyager is made by Saildrone, in USA.

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HMX score: 57.9

Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.