June 24, Singapore — Designed for power, speed, and long-endurance inspection missions, BeeX’s latest innovation BETTA is a 100m depth-rated autonomous drone with a 10x battery capacity upgrade and IHO-rated positioning accuracy. The autonomous drone made its public debut at Xperiences 2, BeeX's flagship industry event, before 200 guests spanning defence, energy, coastal management, and research.
BETTA was built with the objective of performing complex underwater tasks more efficiently yet with simplicity. The autonomous drone improves upon BeeX’s flagship drone’s A.IKANBILIS’ artificial intelligence, formed through 14 years of proprietary data. With an upgraded 7-sensor suite in its base build, BETTA’s autonomous decision-making speed delivers step-change reliability and predictability for underwater campaigns around complex structures or harsh environments. Further, its upgraded battery capacity of 12 kwh allows the drone to support 24-hour continuous autonomous operations for detailed inspections, surveys, and light intervention scopes.
At the heart of BeeX’s mission, BETTA transforms underwater capabilities at scale. Through scalable launch and recovery methods, BETTA enables customers to execute longer and more predictable underwater campaigns, all while strengthening BeeX’s capabilities to deliver scalable solutions that provide clients long-term value.
Grace Chia, CEO and co-founder of BeeX, shares, “At less than 300kg, BETTA shares the same simple logistics and deployment methods as our flagship drones. Further, its intelligence unlocks maximum productivity, especially when multiple drones can independently inspect multiple structures in the same mission window.”
