UMass Dartmouth Research to Improve Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Teamwork
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has announced that Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Ramprasad Balasubramanian, has earned a $225,000 grant...
View ArticleModus Seabed Intervention Purchases Schilling Robotics ROV
Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd., a provider of integrated subsea project services, has announced that it has taken delivery of a new 150hp HD ROV complete with Launch and Recovery System (LARS) from...
View ArticleThales Awarded French-UK Mine Countermeasures Contract
Thales has announced that it has been awarded the Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) contract by OCCAR, a defense equipment program management company, on behalf of the French Defence Procurement...
View ArticleOsiris Completes ROV Work on Humber Gateway Wind Farm
Osiris, a supplier of subsea engineering services, has announced that it has successfully completed a long-term project in which it carried out a wide range of tasks with cross-trained personnel on the...
View ArticleNissan 360-Degree View Technology to be Incorporated Into ROVs
Nissan has announced that it is providing its unique Around View Monitor (AVM) technology to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and Topy Industries, Ltd., through a...
View ArticleWatch Live Video from NOAA’s ROV as it Explores the Caribbean Sea
Scientists aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer have begun a series of 20 dives to investigate previously unseen depths of the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean – and the public can watch live video...
View ArticleBluefin Robotics Delivers Unmanned Ship Hull Inspection Systems to U.S. Navy
EOD HULS MK19 Systems 4 and 5 vehicles Bluefin Robotics has successfully delivered new vehicles to the United States Navy that will increase the Navy’s capability to remotely search and investigate...
View ArticleKraken Sonar Announces AquaTrak Correlation Velocity Log
Kraken Sonar Inc., a manufacturer of Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) technologies, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. has introduced AquaTrak™, a next generation...
View ArticleFugro AUV Locates Uncharted Shipwreck
Fugro, a provider of subsea, geotechnical and geosciences services, has announced that two of the firm’s vessels, currently searching the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight...
View ArticleHydroid Announces AUV Training Courses
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and a manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), has announced that it will be running five open enrollment training courses during 2015....
View ArticleNOC and European Partners to Develop Deep-Sea Unmanned Glider
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has announced that it has joined with 18 other partners to develop Europe’s first ultra-deep-sea robot glider. This glider will be capable of sampling the ocean...
View ArticleADLINK to Sponsor Cornell University RoboSub AUV Team
ADLINK Technology, a provider of cloud-based services and embedded systems, has announced its sponsorship of the Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (CUAUV) team’s entry into the 18th...
View ArticleCMRE Successfully Demonstrates Unmanned Systems for Maritime Surveillance
The NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the use of unmanned systems for maritime surveillance, as part of the PERSEUS FP7...
View ArticleKraken Announces KATFISH Sonar Platform
Kraken Sonar Inc., a developer of Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) technology, has announced the development of KATFISH (Kraken Active Tow FISH), a sonar platform for military and commercial...
View ArticleRE2 to Develop Robotic Arms for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
RE2, Inc., a developer of mobile manipulation systems, has announced that the company has been awarded a $2.7 Million contract by the Office of Naval Research to develop an Underwater Dexterous...
View ArticleUS Navy Develop Underwater Wireless Charging for UUVs
The U.S. Navy are developing underwater wireless charging for UUVs (Image: US Navy) The Navy is developing ways to recharge underwater unmanned vehicles (UUVs) using undersea wireless technology. The...
View ArticleASVs C-Enduro Deployed to Investigate Welsh Seas
NOC’s C-Enduro ‘Thomas’ unmanned surface vehicle (USV) The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has begun the latest in a series of ambitious marine robotic vehicle trials off the UK coast. Working in...
View ArticleLDUUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Program to Enter Next Development Stage
The US Naval Sea Systems Command has announced that it has received a risk-reduction decision approval, known as a Milestone A decision, for the Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV)...
View ArticleQueensland University of Technology Develops Starfish-Killing Underwater Drone
Australia’s Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has announced that it has developed the world’s first autonomous robot designed to seek out and kill the crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), which are...
View ArticleBoston Engineering Receives Grant to Commercialize BIOSwimmer UUV
Boston Engineering, an engineering consultancy firm, has announced that it has been awarded a $500,000 START Stage III grant from venture capital firm MassVentures to accelerate the commercialization...
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