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DT640 VAC Crawler
Deep Trekker
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DT640 VAC Crawler
Deep TrekkerThe DT640 VAC Crawler is a teleoperated, tethered underwater/surface utility crawler manufactured by Deep Trekker (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; founded 2010, now part of Halma plc). It is a three-wheeled, anodized aluminum, submersible (50m depth) robot designed for tank inspection, sediment vacuuming, hull survey, and related tasks without draining structures. The system is human-operated via a splashproof handheld controller with live HD video, supported by a 75m tether; it has no autonomous navigation or task-execution capability — a human operator drives and directs all tasks. Several research papers extracted in the facts describe unrelated academic robotic systems (branch-climbing crawlers, RL locomotion, VLM-based vacuum robots) from third-party universities and are not attributable to the DT640 VAC Crawler.
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Specification
- dimensions
- 710 mm (L) × 406 mm (W) × 228 mm (H)
- weight
- 15 kg (34 lb) per official product page; 16.6 kg (36.59 lb) per CI Equipment brochure (likely variant difference)
- speed
- 12 m/min
- power system
- 19.2 VDC lithium batteries; up to 8 hours run time; 1.5-hour recharge; hybrid trickle-charge/topside power option available on VAC MAX
Price
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Evidence-graded claims from the Deep Trekker deep report
Deep Trekker products are fully commercially available across a price range of approximately $8,500 (DTG3) to $60,000+ (REVOLUTION), sold through established distributor channels such as RMUS.
Pricing is independently corroborated by third-party reseller listings on RMUS [5] and karmenstudio.ai [6], confirming active commercial availability across the product line, though configuration differences explain the $37,999–$60,000 REVOLUTION price spread.
from Deep Trekker deep report →
36+ REVOLUTION ROVs were delivered to Ukrainian agencies for underwater demining under a UNDP initiative funded by South Korea, France, and New Zealand, with on-site operator training provided.
This claim is sourced exclusively from two Deep Trekker official news articles [10][11] with consistent detail, but no independent journalist, UNDP press release, or third-party verification has been identified in the dossier to corroborate the specific unit count, funding nations, or agency recipients.
from Deep Trekker deep report →The SPECTRA ROV is rated to 1,000 m depth and achieves a maximum speed of 4 knots, targeting offshore IRM missions.
Depth and speed figures come solely from Deep Trekker's official SPECTRA product page [3]; no independent third-party test, classification society certification, or customer field report in the dossier corroborates these specifications.
from Deep Trekker deep report →The REVOLUTION ROV achieves a maximum speed of 1.5 m/s (~3 knots), operates to 305 m depth, and supports up to 2 km of tether.
These specifications are drawn from a commerce reseller listing (karmenstudio.ai) [6], which is a vendor-channel source, not an independent test or customer field report; no third-party verification exists in the dossier.
from Deep Trekker deep report →Deep Trekker's higher-end ROVs (e.g., SPECTRA) feature 3D Sonar SLAM and a mission planner, representing meaningful autonomous-assist capability for GPS-denied underwater environments.
These features are described on Deep Trekker's official product pages [3][4] and are plausible for the platform class, but no independent benchmark, field trial report, or customer account in the dossier validates their real-world performance or accuracy.
from Deep Trekker deep report →Deep Trekker has launched a hybrid-power ROV system that allows simultaneous operation and battery charging.
This claim originates from a single Ocean News article [13], which is a trade publication report rather than a vendor press release, lending modest credibility, but no independent customer deployment, technical specification sheet, or third-party test is cited in the dossier to confirm operational performance.
from Deep Trekker deep report →
Deep Trekker ROVs are suitable and actively deployed for underwater demining — a safety-critical defense application — implying a reliability and operational standard commensurate with that mission.
The Ukraine demining deployment is reported only through Deep Trekker's own news articles [10][11] with no independent assessment of mission effectiveness, reliability in operational conditions, or confirmation that the ROVs successfully detected or neutralized any mines; the deployment may be real but operational suitability for demining remains unverified by any independent source.
from Deep Trekker deep report →
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