Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.86
October 30, 2023
…Reef Solutions Initiative. The new WARPLab autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is part of an effort to turn the tide on reef declines, said WHOI, which claimed to be the world's largest private ocean research institution. The AUV uses an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module. CUREE (Curious Underwater Robot for Ecosystem Exploration) gathers visual, audio, and other environmental data alongside divers to help understand the human impact on sea life. The robot runs an expanding collection of NVIDIA Jetson-enabled edge AI to build 3D models of reefs and to track creatures and plant life. It also runs models to navigate and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.43
October 28, 2023
…like surveying, delivery services, and agriculture. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs): These robots function in underwater environments for applications like oceanography, oil and gas exploration, and archaeology. Prospective users should evaluate the mobile robots whose designs best address the demands of the task at hand. Mobile robots can provide multiple benefits AMRs and related systems can help businesses in various sectors in the following ways: Increased efficiency: Robots can operate 24/7, significantly increasing productivity by learning and adapting to new routes, increasing operational efficiency. Cost savings: While the initial investment may be high, robots can significantly save by reducing labor costs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.48
September 25, 2023
…and asset-inspection operations. This will include autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) positioning, as well as offshore and nearshore surveys. The USV will enable Oceaneering to improve operational efficiencies, reduce overall vessel time on site, and reduce carbon emissions, it said. Oceaneering announced at Offshore Europe that its new USV will support remote survey work scopes. Source: Oceaneering Mobile Robotics group grows in North America Oceaneering Mobile Robotics (OMR) said it has been a trusted partner for the automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics industries for over 30 years. It designs, manufactures, implements, and maintains autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for materials handling. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.81
August 22, 2023
…electric-powered Aquanaut offers two modes—as a autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and as a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). In addition, the Leidos award will fund further operational enhancements to toolKITT, said Nauticus. The proprietary software package is designed to provide subsea vehicles the intelligence for a variety of autonomous actions. In its report of its earnings for the second quarter of 2023, Nauticus cited contracts with Leidos and Petrobas. The company also described commissioning exercises for the first of three second-generation Aquanauts and work with the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Nauticus reported revenue of $1.1 million for the quarter, down…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.93
July 12, 2023
…also intends to develop its proprietary autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) data-acquisition system. “Bedrock’s mission is to accelerate ocean exploration by developing the technology needed to build the most accessible and complete ocean dataset,” stated Anthony DiMare, co-founder and CEO of Bedrock, in a press release. “Our goal is to provide accelerated innovations at sea to rapidly advance the collective understanding of oceans, remove bottlenecks in critical infrastructure projects, and provide valuable data insights necessary for stakeholders to make lower-risk and impactful decisions.” DiMare and Charles Chiau founded Bedrock, which has offices in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Richmond, Calif., in 2020. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.78
April 13, 2023
…Aquanaut includes remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) modes. Click on image to enlarge. Source: Nauticus Robotics, via the SEC About Nauticus Robotics Nauticus Robotics has developed autonomous robots using AI for inspection and intervention services for the ocean industries. It delivers systems and services to commercial and government-facing customers through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business model and direct product sales for both hardware platforms and software licenses. The company said it provides customers with the necessary data collection, analytics, and subsea manipulation capabilities to support and maintain assets. It added that its technologies can help them reduce their…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.97
April 03, 2023
…Minerals Authority (SBMA) for Cook Islands. Impossible Metals develops AUVs for mining Impossible Metals, which has offices in Pasadena, Calif., and Collingwood, Ontario, builds autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to harvest crticial metals from the seabed. Impossible Metals said “Eureka 1” is the first AUV for selective harvesting. It uses advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, and a patent-pending buoyancy engine to glide above the seabed and accurately identify nodules. The company said it will minimize disruption to habitat function and native biodiversity. These same AUVs will transport the collected nodules to the surface without discharge sediment plumes. Based on the success of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.68
August 08, 2022
…we collect subsea facility data, through the combination of ‘AUV [autonomous underwater vehicle]-native’ tooling design, supervised autonomy, and recent improvements in remote communications.” Nauticus sets course with SPAC deal In December 2021, Nauticus Robotics entered into a definitive business combination agreement with CleanTech Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that would result in Nauticus becoming a public company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol KITT. CleanTech Acquisition Corp. was formed in January 2021 with the purpose of entering into a business combination with one or more businesses. CleanTech Sponsor I LLC and CleanTech Investments…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.65
April 13, 2022
…Austin, Texas-based company uses “Buddy Drones,” autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), to collect data at depths of 6,000 m (1,685 ft.) that it provides as a service for marine exploration and decision making. “Terradepth’s unique unmanned submersible technology will enable cost-effective, detailed data-capture that, when paired with big data analytics and machine learning, will offer new insights into our oceans,” said the company on its Web site. “Persistent surveillance of our subsea environment by our fleet of autonomous submersibles will enable researchers and conservationists to observe patterns in our underwater ecosystems that were previously undetectable.” “By continuously populating Terradepth’s cloud-based information…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.09
February 03, 2022
…acquired Dive Technologies Inc., adding autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, to its portfolio of unmanned systems for military and other applications. “The world beneath the ocean is completely different than the one above it,” stated Brian Schimpf, co-founder and CEO of Anduril. “It requires different types of sensors, modalities, and problem solving than the work we are doing in air, land, and space. The Dive Technologies team brings unparalleled, deep domain expertise under the sea, as well as a shared commitment to transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.” Founded in 2017, Anduril Industries supplies the U.S. military…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.45
January 22, 2022
…what's the advantage of more fully autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)? Kauffman: Our systems don't rely on any offshore human support, which significantly reduces risk to humans and operating costs, [since there are] no manned ships. Are only the “buddy drones” involved with relaying data to the Ocean Data Cloud? Kauffman: Every system is identical, so at times it will be submerged in collection mode, and at other times,it will be at the surface relaying data. “Buddy” drones switch places to extend data-collection range. Source: Terradepth Pulling data from the sea How difficult was it to accomplish data fusion from the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.79
September 26, 2021
…pave the way for robots and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that require safe power sources that do not need to be recharged too often. The Israeli Defense Force's Jaguar AGV uses Epsilor's COMBATT 6T batteries. Source: Epsilor Ensuring safety As mentioned, lithium-ion batteries pose some safety hazards. An electrical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington has focused on developing a safer battery specifically to power drones inspecting mines. Such drones could go deep into a mine and perform inspections that would otherwise be difficult for a human to do. David Wetz has been conducting research based on…
