Aquaculture & Submersibles
As global demand for seafood rises, aquaculture has become a vital, technology-driven industry, providing a sustainable, scalable alternative to wild-caught fisheries. Valued at over US$260 billion, its continued growth depends on advanced sensing, automation, and monitoring systems. At Optopax, we deliver precision-engineered subsea imaging systems tailored for demanding aquatic environments—providing enhanced perception, compact integration, and AI-ready image quality.
Solutions Offered
Optopax works with the world’s leading suppliers of sub-sea imaging solutions to provide optimized optics and camera modules. In underwater environments where lighting, turbidity, and motion can impact visibility, off-the-shelf imaging systems often fall short. By tailoring lens design, field of view, spectral filtering, and optical alignment to the specific demands of aquaculture and submersible applications, we help unlock clearer, more reliable visual data—because better images mean better AI based decisions.
Our expertise extends to designing lighting systems optimized for diverse aquatic conditions. All optical assemblies are built to withstand extreme environments, engineered for direct water contact and resilience to temperature and pressure variations (up to 6000msw). With corrosion-resistant materials and coatings, we ensure longevity and sustained performance, combating saltwater corrosion and biofouling.
How Optopax can help
Underwater Image Quality Optimization
Traditional design that incorporate flat ports and domes combined with terrestrial optics designs are fundamentally limited due to refractive effects, particularly at wide field positions or objects within a close proximity. Optopax specializes in custom water-corrected lens designs for optimal image quality for aquatic applications such as AI driven smart aquaculture and UAV submersible navigation or inspection cameras.
Custom Camera System Design
Matching effective lens design with the appropriate application-driven CMOS sensor is crucial for system-level camera optimization. Optopax has experience with the latest sensor technologies from industry leaders such as Sony, OmniVision, and OnSemi, along with comprehensive knowledge of optics and sensor integration into camera modules specifically designed for aquatic applications.
Lighting & Illumination Challenges
Camera sensor selection, lens/optics design, illumination source and its relative position to the camera are all critical factors within the design process. Optopax has experience in designing and manufacturing optimized camera and illumination systems tailored to meet the unique requirements of various aquatic applications and environmental conditions.
Extreme
Environment
Underwater environments have varying temperatures and extremes in hydrostatic pressures. We design and fabricate optical systems engineered for direct water contact of the front lens element that can withstand temperature and pressure variations while maintaining functionality in diverse underwater conditions.
Material Durability and Biofouling
Saltwater corrosion and marine organisms attaching to optical surfaces pose a challenge to the lifetime operability of optical components. Optopax has extensive experience with corrosion-resistant materials and coatings for improved longevity and sustained optical performance in harsh marine environments.
OEM
Manufacturing
Optopax offers integrated manufacturing services for custom optics and camera modules providing seamless transition between design and production. Offshore manufacturing lowers costs, while in-region Optopax quality control ensures product excellence. Flexible small-batch production allows customers to cost-effectively validate and scale specialized designs tailored precisely to their needs.
