Dark Lumen’s inaugural initiative launches a scalable fleet of compact, autonomous AI submersible drones engineered for deep-sea exploration, mineral mapping, and ecological discovery.

Modular AI Submersible Drone Fleet

Each unit is a streamlined, pressure-hardened vessel equipped with:

Multi-spectral imaging & sonar

Real-time AI-driven navigation

Sampling arms and modular sensor arrays

Swarm intelligence protocols for cooperative data gathering

Work in tandem with Lumen Pods to maintain Energy and Exploration

Lumen Charging Pods

Accompanying each fleet are multiple Lumen Pods surface-solar capable, current and kinetic charge capable, as a mobile energy node:

Wireless (Galvanic Seawater salt-bridge) or contact-based charging

Solar-supplemented recharge for endurance

Secure data uplink to cloud networks

These pods form the infrastructure backbone, enabling weeks-to-months of autonomous exploration without human intervention.

Neural Mapping Network

Submersibles operate as part of a self-healing, distributed mesh network. Together, they:

Map ocean floor topography in real time

Identify mineral-rich zones, hydrothermal vents, and ecological markers

Data sent to Pelagris Glimpse’s central archive for interpretation, modeling, analysis, etc.

Phase I Deployment

Target Zones: Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (In Field Initial Testing and Development)

Nodule-rich basins (CCZ, Peru Basin, CIOB).

Crust/sulfide fields (MAR, SWIR, Lau Basin, Red Sea Rift).

Manganese crust seamounts (Brazilian Margin, Solomon Sea).

Units: 20-40 Submersibles + 10 Lumen Pods

Area mapped per week: 600 km2/week

Goals: Baseline mapping, AI training, non-invasive sample scans

Partners: Academic & industry collaborators in sustainability, AI, and oceanography