SOI Steps Ahead on Ocean Mapping
we want to build out, of course, our biological capabilities on board. But this is a new ship for us. This is the first year of our shakedown cruises. We're still testing everything and learning the vessel itself. But in the next few years, I think we will start to add some of the remote and autonomous technologies that we just discussed.So for example, a Saildrone or a SEA-KIT, something like that, an autonomous surface vessel, potentially an AUV. With that when th scientists get out there, they know what they're looking for and where they're looking, whether it's a sea mount which has
ABS Grants AIP for Saildrone Uncrewed Surface Vehicles
and applicable regulations as an important first step to full classification.Patrick Ryan, ABS Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, said, “ABS is leading the industry in supporting autonomous projects and assisting innovative companies like Saildrone. ABS understands that autonomous technologies are not stand-alone products but fully integrated with vehicle infrastructure and the result of numerous advancements in a wide variety of mechanisms including sensors, imaging, connectivity, machine learning and more.”Saildrone has already begun to scale production of its Voyager
Exail's DriX USV Gets Lloyd's Register Certification
, stability, as well as command and control in the context of remotely supervised autonomy.This new certification by Lloyd’s Register is another milestone for the DriX USV and its operators and marks a major step forward in the transition of the maritime industry towards the adoption of new autonomous technologies.Exail: A New (Old) Name in SubseaPaul James, Naval Centre of Expertise Manager at Lloyd’s Register said:"We are pleased to have been able to work with Exail to provide independent assurance for the DriX system. It’s great to be able to work with a company that is innovative
ADIPEC: Fugro, AD Ports Pen Deal for Remote & Autonomous Tech Use in Middle East
During the ADIPEC exhibition in Abu Dhabi, Dutch firm Fugro and UAE's AD Ports Group signed an agreement that sets out combined goals to utilize remote and autonomous technologies in the region. The agreement was signed by Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO, AD Ports Group and Mark Heine – Fugro CEO.The companies said that the would create a platform to implement remote and autonomous technology, and to create guidelines that will ensure the UAE is prepared to welcome, and benefit from, the use of latest industry advancements.The companies have been working
HAUV Featuring Adaptive Autonomy Deployed at Nordsee One
was provided to the client in near real-time via an integrated cloud-based platform, reducing the typical weeks long wait for traditional reports to mere seconds.Jan Schmökel, Balance of Plant Engineer at Nordsee One GmbH, said, “While we hear a lot about remotely-operated and autonomous technologies for marine data acquisition and underwater inspection, this is the first time we have witnessed a platform actually think and react accordingly to ensure an optimal approach based on the prevailing conditions. The speed and quality of the data reporting are unprecedented, and we are delighted
DriX USV Delivered to UNH CCOM
personnel training during the summer of 2021 as well as integration and a first shakedown cruise onboard Ocean Exploration Trust’s E/V Nautilus in March 2022.“We are delighted to embark on this exciting endeavor, working collaboratively with our partners to develop and enhance autonomous technologies that will expand the limits of our capabilities and bring new efficiencies to our efforts to explore and characterize the vast unknown areas of our oceans,” said UNH CCOM Director Larry Mayer.“NOAA Ocean Exploration is pleased to see the operations of this new DriX technology
Subsea Expo Day 2: Remote and Autonomous Ops are the Trend, Barriers Remain
to the surface. The company has also controlled an ROV on a cable lay vessel in the Philippines from its Norway offices, 11,000 km away.However, regulations, particularly around the use of USVs, which many are now wanting to deploy ROVs from, are still a challenge. Speaking in a session on autonomous technologies, Sam Taylor, Business Development Manager at Ocean Infinity, says that regulations are behind the technology.David Rennie, Technical Manager, Autonomous Division, Unique Group, agrees. He told the same session: “The regulatory framework for using USVs is very unclear, which is holding
Sourcing Seismic with Subsea Swarms
and then petrophysical data evaluation before co-founding Blue Ocean Monitoring, a Perth, Australia-based start-up, in 2014, with co-founder and chief technology officer Ben Hollings, whose background is in maritime robotics development. Blue Ocean Monitoring’s focus is using robotics and autonomous technologies to make data collection in the marine environment easier and with lower cost, risk to people and environmental footprint.It’s been working with Woodside, providing passive acoustic marine mammal monitoring during seismic surveys using Teledyne Webb Research Slocum Gliders (see MTR
MTR 100: NOAA ... Working at the Interface of Exploration and Education
to the Terrain-Relative Navigation system used on the Mars Perseverance rover and Helicopter Ingenuity, will allow the AUV to sense its location relative to the seafloor and avoid hazards, and recognize seafloor features that may be of scientific interest.NOAA Ocean Exploration is using new autonomous technologies to meet ambitious mapping and exploration goals. Through the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), a multi-year grant was provided to the University of New Hampshire, Saildrone, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to test and integrate acoustic and other sensors
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