Marine underwater

SubPipe

Pipeline inspection and visual-inertial localization

Real AUV pipeline inspection with RGB/grayscale imagery, sonar, navigation state and selective annotations.

Metadata: Complete Metadata source documented Released 2024

Quick facts

Vehicle type
Marine underwater
Environment
Outdoor
Data origin
Real-world
Sensor count
2
Ground truth
Available
Calibration
Parameters Only
Annotations
Available

Sensor overview

High-level sensor availability before the detailed sensor records below.

Ground truth

Reference scope, method, rate, coverage, and provenance.

Ground-truth references for SubPipe
Scope Method Reference system Count Rate Coverage Reference provenance
External
Measured using equipment independent of the platform’s normal onboard sensor pipeline.
Derived
Computed primarily from the dataset’s own recorded sensors.
Hybrid
Combines independent reference equipment with onboard measurements.
6DoF Other INS/DVL estimated navigation state Not reported Not reported Unknown Reference provenance
External
Measured using equipment independent of the platform’s normal onboard sensor pipeline.
Derived
Computed primarily from the dataset’s own recorded sensors.
Hybrid
Combines independent reference equipment with onboard measurements.
Derived
Reference notes
Kalman-filtered position from last GPS fix and DVL velocity, with gyro attitude; interpolated to image timestamps. It is a sensor-derived operational reference, not independent surveyed truth.

Calibration and synchronization

Reported calibration level, reproducibility signals, and supporting notes.

Level
Parameters Only
Processed parameters
Available
Raw calibration data
Not reported
Calibration targets
Not reported

Parameters only

Processed calibration parameters are reported, but raw calibration data is not reported.

Notes

Official release layout documents config.yaml. Complete raw calibration sessions and achieved parameter accuracy remain unverified.

Known or intentional limitations

Reported constraints and characteristics to check before using the dataset.

The collection is divided into five chunks of a pipeline inspection mission; these are not asserted to be five independent missions.

High-resolution video lacks exact synchronization and its reported 240 Hz remains unverified. Navigation is an INS/DVL estimate interpolated to image times, with unknown achieved errors and coverage.

Sonar acoustic carrier frequency is not a sample rate. COCO sonar detection and RGB segmentation have different annotation scopes; full raw calibration delivery remains unverified.

Cameras

Camera 1

Model
Not reported
Setup
Mono
Count
1
Effective cameras
1
Modality
Rgb
Resolution
2704 x 1520
Rate
Not reported
Shutter
Not Reported
Lens type
Not Reported
HFOV
Not reported
VFOV
Not reported
Notes
Reported 240 Hz requires confirmation against extracted-frame timing; unsynchronized high-resolution video.

Camera 2

Model
Not reported
Setup
Mono
Count
1
Effective cameras
1
Modality
Grayscale
Resolution
1936 x 1216
Rate
4 Hz
Shutter
Not Reported
Lens type
Not Reported
HFOV
Not reported
VFOV
Not reported

IMUs

Not reported

GNSS

Not reported

LiDAR

Not reported

Radar

Not reported

Additional sensors

Other sensor

Model
Klein 3500
Name
Side-scan sonar
Count
1
Notes
900/455 kHz acoustic carrier frequencies, not rates. Native waterfall images 5000×500/2500×500; benchmark 640×640.

Other sensor

Name
DVL and auxiliary navigation/environment measurements
Count
1
Notes
Velocity, depth/altitude, pressure/temperature, RPM, forward echo-sounder distance and inertial values; distinguish measurements from estimated state.

Annotations

Reported annotation availability and task support.

Availability
Available
Format
COCO detection; LabelMe-derived segmentation masks
Class count
Not reported
Semantic segmentation Available
Instance segmentation Not reported
Object detection Available
Optical flow Not available
Depth ground truth Not reported

Citation

Citation key and BibTeX kept at the end of the page for reference.

Citation key
alvareztunon2024subpipe

BibTeX

@misc{alvareztunon2024subpipe,
  author = {Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón and Luiza Ribeiro Marnet and László Antal and Martin Aubard and Maria Costa and Yury Brodskiy},
  title = {SubPipe: A Submarine Pipeline Inspection Dataset for Segmentation and Visual-inertial Localization},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.17907v2}
}

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