UUV Manipulators: Get a Grip
a gripper, cleaning brush, CP probe, and softline cutter in one with an output of up to 2700nm. It’s not just handy for tooling; when docking, one motor drives a locking mechanism to hold the vehicle onto its docking system. The innovative interface also provides pinless power and communications connectivity.“When we looked at this approach, we saw we could do much more,” says Carlsen. “We can even put a propeller on (to the interface), for long range operations. This is just the tip of the iceberg.” Another idea is to use it to fly out a small drone from this interface
Digital Ocean: Making Subsea Data More Easily Accessible
The digital ocean is a reality and U.K.-based digital communications marine technology firm Sonardyne International Ltd is one of the organizations driving innovation to enable the extension of electronic and communications connectivity into the subsea domain. Based on a presentation given by Tom Rooney, Lead Trainer at Sonardyne, at the Digital Ocean conference held in Galway, Ireland in June 2017, this article describes the current state of play in the subsea acoustics and optical communications technology field, presents examples of the many ways these technologies are being applied and considers
February 2025
