Small autonomous sailing platforms use wind propulsion and solar-powered electronics. Silicon Sailor controls course through sail angle; Hybrid Voyager adds powered propulsion for constrained movement. Their limited payload and energy budget favour lightweight sensing rather than heavy survey equipment.
Technical detail
Core features
Silicon Sailor rudderless sail-angle control
Hybrid Voyager auxiliary thruster and rudder
LTE/satellite links and cloud dashboard
Biofouling limits extended controlled sailing
Sailing USV
Low-power sensing
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Distributed ocean data collection
Educational ocean observation
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Developer-described platform family
Commercial availability
Current order and delivery terms require company confirmation.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reviewed connections
No reviewed Mission area or released Defence need connection is currently published.
Original sources 1 linked record
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Sailbotix: Hybrid Voyager auxiliary thruster and rudder. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · core features
Sailbotix: LTE/satellite links and cloud dashboard. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Derived from Sailbotix: Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · name
Sailbotix: Silicon Sailor and Hybrid Voyager sailing platforms. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Sailbotix: Educational ocean observation. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Derived from Sailbotix: Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · summary
Small autonomous sailing platforms use wind propulsion and solar-powered electronics. Silicon Sailor controls course through sail angle; Hybrid Voyager adds powered propulsion for constrained movement. Their limited payload and energy budget favour lightweight sensing rather than heavy survey equipment.
Supports: Capability · core features
Sailbotix: Silicon Sailor rudderless sail-angle control. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Sailbotix: Developer-described platform family. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Sailbotix: Distributed ocean data collection. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · core features
Sailbotix: Biofouling limits extended controlled sailing. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Derived from Sailbotix: Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Sailbotix: Current order and delivery terms require company confirmation.. Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Derived from Sailbotix: Silicon Sailor uses sail-angle control without a rudder; Hybrid Voyager adds a thruster and rudder. The technology page gives 125 cm length and about 14 kg mass, emphasizes low power and payload constraints, and says the craft are unsuitable for heavy multibeam survey payloads.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
