ROV Planet Articles

Kraken Receives $14 Million Order for Subsea Power Systems

28.11.2022
Kraken Robotics announces that it has received an initial order for subsea batteries valued at $14 million, which includes a significant advance payment. Deliveries will occur in 2023.

Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 33 is out NOW!

25.11.2022
Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 33: Greensea Systems’ Open Architecture Software Revolution - Hydramec to Set the Pace in Delivering Remote Solutions - Blueye Robotics Close Up View of the Damaged Nord Stream Pipelines - Nord Stream, Geopolitical Tensions, and the Need for Power to Protect Remote Offshore Assets - Eurofleets AUV Workshop in the Gullmar Fjord, Sweden - Poster: The “Ran” Hugin AUV - Modus Subsea Services Awarded the World’s First Resident Subsea Drone Contract - FiFish: The Small ROV with Large Options - Spanish Navy Acquires Leopard ROV through NSPA - Nekton Maldives Mission: Where No Human Has Gone Before - Powering Resilient Navigation to Safeguard Naval Operations - Artificial Intelligence Meets Underwater Inspection - IMCA Turns its Guidance Spotlight on USVs

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25.11.2022
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University of Plymouth to Integrate GeoAcoustics GeoPulse Compact Sub-bottom Profiler into its Hydrography Programmes and Research Projects

23.11.2022
Hydroacoustic technology specialist GeoAcoustics Ltd and the University of Plymouth have signed a new technology partnership agreement based on the use of a GeoPulse Compact sub-bottom profiler for education and research purposes.

Fugro Secures Two Dutch offshore Wind Site Investigation Contracts

23.11.2022
Fugro has been awarded two geotechnical investigation contracts for the development of the Dutch IJmuiden Ver Site V-VI, Nederwiek (zuid) Site I and Hollandse Kust (west) Site VIII offshore wind zones.

Argeo Granted Patent for Subsea Electromagnetic Remote-sensing System

21.11.2022
Argeo Robotics AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Argeo AS, has been granted a patent from the Norwegian Industrial Patent office (Patentstyret)for a subsea electromagnetic remote-sensing system.

Argeo Announces First Contract for Argeo Searcher and Both SeaRaptors for Ultra-deep Water AUV Survey Work

21.11.2022
Argeo confirms that a contract comprising of Argeo Searcher and both SeaRaptor AUV’s (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) for Ultra Deep-Water work in the North Atlantic is agreed.

Subsea7 Awarded Contract Offshore Trinidad and Tobago

18.11.2022
Subsea7 announced today the award of a contract to Subsea Integration Alliance1 to support the development of bp’s Cypre project, a gas development located offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Subsea7’s scope of the awarded Subsea Integration Alliance contract is substantial2.

Kraken Completes Submarine Power Cable Survey with KATFISH Towed Sonar

18.11.2022
Kraken Robotics announces completion of the offshore portion of a Robotics as a Service (RaaS) contract for the marine inspection of critical underwater infrastructure, including a submarine power cable. The contract value is $0.5 million. Kraken completed the offshore survey in challenging sea state conditions, including up to 4 kts of cross current, by using the KATFISH™ high-speed towed synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) system coupled with Kraken’s Automated Launch and Recovery System (ALARS).

KKR Leads AUD 108 million Series B Funding Round in AI Leader Advanced Navigation

17.11.2022
Advanced Navigation, a developer of AI robotics and navigation technology, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR will lead a AUD 108 million (USD 68 million) Series B funding round in the Company. The funding round includes participation from new investors such as deep learning venture firm AI Capital and existing investors, including Main Sequence, the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull AC, In-Q-Tel, and Our Innovation Fund, bringing Advanced Navigation’s total amount raised to more than AUD 134 million (USD 85 million).

Falcon Helps Protect Maldives' Coral Reefs

16.11.2022
A Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robot has helped complete the first-ever systematic scientific survey of the waters of the Maldives - the lowest-lying nation on earth. The Maldives is just 1.5 metres above sea level on islands of coral reef atolls. Globally, coral reefs account for 32% of known biodiversity. They are seen as the ‘rainforests of the ocean’, yet at least 97% could be lost with a 1.5-degree temperature rise.

NORI and Allseas Lift Over 3,000 Tonnes of Polymetallic Nodules to Surface from Planet's Largest Deposit of Battery Metals, as Leading Scientists and Marine Experts Continue Gathering Environmental Data

15.11.2022
The Metals Company, an explorer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped source of critical battery metals, announced that its subsidiary NORI and offshore partner Allseas have successfully concluded the first integrated system test in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean since the 1970s, achieving all significant pilot milestones while collecting approximately 4,500 tonnes of seafloor polymetallic nodules. Over 3,000 tonnes were transported up a 4.3km-long riser system to the surface production vessel, Hidden Gem, while the additional 1,500 tonnes of nodules were purposely left behind on the seafloor as part of the trials.

Zero Emission Hydrogen USV Design Wins CMDC Round 2 Funding

15.11.2022
SEA-KIT International has secured funding through Round 2 of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) to design a hydrogen powered, zero emission Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV).

Saab Receives U.S. Navy Contract for Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Target

15.11.2022
Saab will conduct a modernization update to meet the customer’s requirements and qualify the product through first article validation testing. Following successful validation, the customer anticipates a 10-year production period. The contract has a potential value of USD $173.2 million (SEK 1.73 billion) over a 10-year ordering period for deliveries through 2032. The initial order value to Saab is USD 5.8 million and was booked in Q3 2022. In order to support this, Saab, Inc. is setting up a facility in Cranston, Rhode Island where Saab’s Autonomous and Undersea Systems Division is based.

Global Underwater Hub launches further Defence Sector Calls for Innovation

14.11.2022
The Global Underwater Hub (GUH), in partnership with the Royal Navy and Babcock International Group, has launched two new “Calls for Innovation.” The calls aim to identify technologies and techniques used in the offshore environment that can be applied throughout the defence sector; aiming to address key problem challenges and generate efficiency savings.

AIS Acquires Subsea Specialist CRP Subsea

14.11.2022
As part of its growth strategy, AIS has acquired CRP Subsea, a leading provider of high integrity solutions for the most demanding offshore environments. Based in Skelmersdale, England, CRP Subsea (formerly Trelleborg Offshore UK) are specialists in polymer and syntactic foam-based buoyancy and protection products for the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries.

WEBINAR: Revolutionizing Our Relationship to the Ocean Through Leadership in Marine Autonomy

10.11.2022
Throughout the 20th century, the marine environment has been under attack, and the assailant has been us. Overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, biodiversity decline, ocean acidification, and an increase in marine heatwaves are challenging the living things that depend upon the ocean, including people. A sea change, however, is occurring in response to these troubling trends. More and more, humanity is revolutionizing its relationship with the ocean. For example, funding for marine conservation worldwide has doubled to nearly $2 billion over the last decade. Astonishing advances are being made in sustainable fishing, aquaculture, marine debris prevention and response, habitat restoration, offshore renewable energy, and ocean exploration and mapping.

Drone exercises point way to future of Royal Navy’s Gulf operations

10.11.2022
Royal Navy sailors and ships harnessed the tech of robot drones in a multi-national insight into potential future naval operations in the Gulf. Flotillas of sail drones could serve as the ‘eyes and ears’ for larger warships, moving around the Gulf gathering intelligence, beaming it back in real time to ships and headquarters ashore.

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