Reader Feedback: Lander Lab - Buoyancy
Thanks to the' Landereans' who replied to the article “BUOYANCY!”, in the May/June 2022 issue of MTR (Vol. 65, No. 4). There have been some very interesting follow-on conversations:LIQUID SYNTACTICKevin Ulmer, nU-Boats LLC: “Enjoyed your article on buoyancy in the latest Marine Technology News. Your idea of glass micro balloons suspended in liquid exists as "pumpable buoyancy" from the Aubin Group. https://www.aubingroup.com/products/renewables/pumpable-buoyancy/“I’m developing what I call “enhanced” liquid syntactics with
AutoNaut Partners with NOC Robotics Center
AutoNaut Ltd has formally become a partner with the Marine Robotics Innovation Center. U.K.-based AutoNaut and the NOC have maintained a long-term relationship since 2013 and this move is a sign of the company’s increasing ambitions. Recent investment from the Seiche Group has enabled AutoNaut to expand manufacturing facilities and engineering expertise as well as recruit several new members of staff. A desk in the innovation center will be utilized by AutoNaut Ltd technical and business development personnel to work alongside the NOC’s marine autonomy and robotics team. Th
AutoNaut 5m Completes Performance Trials
The brand new AutoNaut 5m vessel has undergone testing in QinetiQ’s Ocean Basin at the Haslar Marine Technology Park. The new design was put through its paces in a range of wave conditions to evaluate the performance of the patented AutoNaut Wave Foil Technology at the 5m size. AutoNaut’s wave foil system passively harvests the energy from the pitch and roll of waves at sea, providing elegant, silent propulsion with zero emissions. Using the waves in this way ensures that power generated by solar panels or fuel cells is available for sensor payloads and AutoNaut’s custom
Partners Aim to Transform Acoustic Monitoring
A new collaborative venture between Seiche and MOST (Autonomous Vessels) is combining two U.K. technologies to create the potential to transform passive acoustic monitoring of sound in the sea. First field trials have been conducted on Roadford Lake, North Devon, in which MOST (AV)’s 3.5m AutoNaut unmanned surface vessel (USV) deployed Seiche’s Wireless Passive Acoustic Monitoring (WPAM) system. The field tests assessed the performance of the AutoNaut/WPAM for: self-noise, data transmission capabilities and optimal array deployment. Analysis of the trial data
Autonomous Systems Competition Enters Final Phase
over periods of months, and tracking and sampling dynamic features. The two-phase competition was launched last September by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in partnership with the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and Innovate UK, with £1.5 million being made available for the project. Phase one saw nine consortia submit feasibility studies, five of which were funded. After a review of the outcomes of the phase one studies, two consortia were invited to apply for phase two for the development of prototypes, which would be capable of undertaking demonstration
Meet the AutoNaut
Exhibitions are fertile grounds to discover new technologies, and Ocean Business 2015 in Southampton, U.K. last month did not disappoint. Here MTR speaks with Dan Alldis, Naval Architect at MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd. regarding his companies new offering to the subsea market. For readers not familiar, describe MOST. MOST (AV) Ltd. is a micro start up based on the South coast of the United Kingdom. At the waterside office in Chichester, the team are responsible for the R&D, project management and the build of their product, AutoNaut. Plymouth is their base for sea trials
Wave Propelled Boat Survives Atlantic Storm
A British wave propelled boat called AutoNaut has arrived back in the Isles of Scilly after a 13 day autonomous mission in which she weathered a 70 mph Atlantic storm while gathering scientific data. “This was a major test for AutoNaut,” said Director David Maclean of MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd which produces the AutoNaut. “To have delivered on time, on budget and to a very tight schedule; and for our unmanned surface vessel (USV) to have gone straight out into the Atlantic and followed her program through a gale and a storm is a really solid achievement.” “We
ClassNK Issues Another Approval for ECDIS Training
ClassNK issued its Type Specific Training Course approval for “FURUNO MODEL FEA ECDIS & FURUNO MODEL FMD ECDIS” (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) Training Courses offered by Fleet Management Training Institute (Nerul, India), a group company of Fleet Ship Management Pvt. Ltd. The approval certifies that the course offered by FMTI complies with the leading classification society’s Standards for Maritime Education & Training under “ClassNK Prime Management Services for Education and Training”. Mr. Minoru Ohno from ClassNK Certification
AutoNaut Launches at Oceanology International
AutoNaut is a wave-propelled vessel for ocean research being launched today at Oceanology International in London. Built by MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd. for very long endurance autonomous data gathering the 3.5 meter AutoNaut also harvests solar energy at sea to power her state of the art electronics. The new unmanned surface vessel (USV) uses motion from the ocean to propel herself, silently, with stability and zero emissions. Fresh back from sea trials with AutoNaut in Scotland founder Directors David Maclean and Mike Poole are on hand at Oi 2014, stand D445, to explain her potential and
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