Autonomous aquaculture catamaran — feeding, aeration and water quality on one hull.
Overview
Built for the job, not the brochure
Feeding a pond by hand is the part of aquaculture that never scales: it is repetitive, it is weather-dependent, and uneven distribution shows up later as uneven growth. The Aqua-Feeder is a catamaran that runs the feed route instead. The hopper is filled on the bank, the boat traverses the farm on a programmed path, and the dispensing mechanism puts feed down evenly rather than concentrating it wherever a person happened to be standing.
Programme the path once and the boat repeats it. Distribution stops depending on who is on shift and how much of the pond they could reach.
Aeration on the same pass
A double-actuator aeration system works the water while the boat feeds, so oxygenation and feeding are one operation instead of two pieces of equipment.
Water quality as a by-product
With the optional sensor package fitted, every feed run also returns a water-quality reading — a time series the farm gets for free.
Quiet, electric, low running cost
Rechargeable batteries and electric drive mean no fuel handling over the water and very little to service between cycles.
