The next generation of Blueye ROVs: Introducing X7, X3 Ultra, and the Blueye Cloud

The next generation: Launch Video

Meet the Blueye X7: For the underwater jobs that push back

The Blueye X7 is a completely new ROV platform, built to take on complex underwater jobs with power, precision, and control.

The seven thrusters give the X7 six Degrees of Freedom, holding position and direction in strong currents, including active pitch and roll control. The Seven Guest Ports let operators custom configure the system for the spesific missions, integrating whatever sensors, tools, and payloads the job requires. A wide range of compatible payloads lets you equip the X7 for the job: sonars for wide-area scanning, DVL for precise underwater positioning, or grippers for manipulating and recovering assets underwater.

The 4K UHD zoom camera runs vision models directly on the drone: turbidity filtering, object recognition, and single-object tracking, with more capabilities coming. Operators can also train and upload their own domain-specific detection models to run on the drone.

The X7 runs on a dual battery system for extended operations in the field, compatible with both Standard (travel safe/IATA-compliant) and High-Capacity battery. A topside power option will be available for missions that demand longer dive times.

The X7 is built for operations where conditions are demanding and the cost of a missed finding is high: aquaculture net pen inspection, underwater structure surveys, hull condition checks, port inspections, and Search & Recovery operations. The X7 brings serious capability to demanding jobs, while staying user-friendly and easy for one person to operate with no special ROV training needed.

The X3 Ultra: The proven design, made even better

The Blueye X3 Ultra is our AI-ready compact ROV with 4K UHD HDR video, improved positioning, and built-in AI, all in the same fast-deploy package. Three Guest Ports cover the full Blueye payload range: sonars, grippers, DVLs, and environmental sensors. One operator, fast deployment, better data.

The improved performance of the computer onboard enables advanced image filters such as turbidity, color, and lens correction filters in real time to enhance the video quality. At the core sits the Nvidia Jetson Orin NX, a highly capable SoC well designed for edge computing for AI and computer vision, opening up new scenarios and use-cases such as object detection and tracking, collision avoidance, and situational awareness using sonar and camera for longer or more complex autonomous missions.

Manage all your ROV data in the Blueye Cloud

Every ROV operator runs into the same issue sooner or later. Inspection data piles up across the fleet: dive logs on one tablet, multibeam recordings on another, and video files on a hard drive. Drones move between operators, sites, and projects, and by the time someone asks "which drone did we use on that ship inspection last month, and where are the photos?" the answer is usually a guess.

Blueye Cloud is launching in open beta on May 19, 2026 at cloud.blueye.no. Upload a dive log and your fleet picture builds itself. Every drone, battery, and peripheral appears by serial number with its own deployment history. Open a dive and replay it on a map with a depth-coloured track, time-synced photos, and multibeam sonar rendered live in the browser. No special software needed on the receiving end. Send the dive to a client or stakeholder with a link and they get the full experience without a Blueye account.

Under "Projects" the users can group every dive from an inspection into one shareable container where you can annotate findings and build a report in a block-based editor. Opt in to AI-assistance and the Blueye Cloud will draft that report for you, pulling from the dives, annotations, photos, and voice transcripts in the project, with citations back to the actual source material If your dive video has narration recorded in the Blueye App, the transcript becomes searchable: type a word and jump to the exact second it was said.

All AI processing runs on Azure OpenAI hosted in Norway, with none of your data used to train the models. Sign in with Microsoft Entra and choose from two plans: a Free plan with 5 GB of storage, fleet management, dive analytics, and a monthly AI quota; and a Professional plan that adds projects, AI-generated inspection reports, live streaming, and custom map layers.

Read the Blueye Cloud article for a full walkthrough of every module, from fleet management to AI-assisted report generation.

One ecosystem

The X7 and X3 Ultra run on the same Blunux operating system, which means software updates (new AI models, firmware changes, new control modes) roll out across an entire fleet at once. What you capture below the surface goes into Blueye Cloud, where it can be organised, replayed, and handed to a colleague or client with a single link.

This is one workflow, designed to expand what a small crew can inspect below the surface without large teams, specialised training, or heavy equipment.

The complete Blueye ROV lineup

The X7, the X3 Ultra, and Blueye Cloud work as one system. More capability below the surface, your data organised above it, and the same ease of use and fast deployment Blueye is known for. Together with the Blueye X1 ROV (launched in 2024), the new launches complete the Blueye ROV lineup. Covering every type of job below the surface. Read more about the full product offering here.