BentiX Explorer Kit – Underwater LED Light and Robotic Gripper for Underwater Drone

• 1× BentiX Light underwater LED
• 1× BentiX Grip 3-in-1 robotic gripper (3 jaws included: Tri-Grip, Parallel-Grip, Spheric-Scoop)
• 1× USB-C charging cable (BentiX Light)
• 1× carry bag (light + gripper)
• Full documentation: technical datasheets, safety datasheet and user guide for both modules

BENTIX LIGHT

• Luminous flux: up to 10,000 lumens
• Lighting modes: 7 modes — white / red / blue sources, several power levels
• Colour rendering: CRI 92 (close to natural light)
• Colour temperature: 5,500 K
• Beam angle: 140°
• Battery life: ~10 h (depending on mode and power)
• Charging: USB Type-C
• Materials: corrosion-resistant anodised aluminium alloy
• Control: button on the light, independent of the BentiX system
• Weight in air: ~650 g
• Max depth: 30 m (limit of the drone / umbilical system)
• Mounting: BentiX universal mount — two screws

BENTIX GRIP

• Max opening: 90° (45° on each side)
• Grip force: 100 N (~7 to 10 kg depending on contact point and object geometry)
• Materials: corrosion-resistant POM + 316L stainless steel
• Control: progressive potentiometer on the BentiX controller
• Jaw interface: 6 thumbscrews (manual fitting or screwdriver)
• Weight in air: ~600 g (depending on jaw fitted)
• Installation angle: 10° under the drone (optimised camera view)
• Max depth: 30 m (limit of the drone / umbilical system)
• Mounting: BentiX universal mount — two screws

3 interchangeable jaws:

1. Tri-Grip — rigid, spherical or irregular objects (rocks, shells, bottles)
2. Parallel-Grip — flat or soft objects (plastics, nets, straps, tools)
3. Spheric-Scoop — sampling of sediment, sand and micro-debris

COMPLIANCE

CE — BentiX Light and BentiX Grip

Compatible drones — every BentiX Essential, regardless of delivery year. The universal mount is fitted as standard under the chassis.

Fitting — two hand-tightened thumbscrews secure the module to the mount. One module at a time: light or gripper, never both together. Swapping is done on dry land, between dives.

Control — the gripper plugs into the accessory port at the rear of the drone and is operated via the controller's potentiometer. The light runs independently, with its own battery and its own button: no wiring to the drone required.

Ballast — adding a module changes the buoyancy. Remove ballast weights from the side compartments until neutral buoyancy is restored, and readjust every time the configuration changes.

• Progressive, self-limited control — mechanical limit at the end of travel: you can grasp a net or a fragile part without forcing it.
• 100 N grip force — enough to clear a net or lift a metal part, without crushing what you retrieve.
• Gripper locks in place on loss of link — the grasped object stays held. Control resumes once you deliberately recentre it.
• Independent lighting — separate battery and button: the light draws nothing from the drone's battery life.

1-year commercial warranty (parts and labour), in addition to the applicable statutory warranties (statutory warranty of conformity, art. L.217-3 et seq. of the French Consumer Code, and warranty against hidden defects, art. 1641 et seq. of the French Civil Code). After-sales service based in France — spare parts available on request.