HonuWorx, ORE Catapult Working on Ridley - Subsea Mothership for Offshore Wind ROVs, AUVs
subsea robots without the need for crane drops, which means deployment is possible in rough weather and stress on the robot’s sensors and tooling is reduced.A further "transformative" step will be the coupling of automation software for coordinating multiple platforms with communications technologies that can utilize satellite, 4G and 5G as best suits each location at sea. HonuWorx Distributed Control Centres (DCC) will allow for remote supervision from shore, while equipping the mothership with charging points will resolve many of the battery life issues that restrict the use of ROVs
Kawasaki Picks Sonardyne Tech for Its SPICE AUV
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries has ordered from Sonardyne a suite of subsea navigation, positioning, and communications technologies to navigate, track and control its first commercial SPICE autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).The SPICE AUV, short for Subsea Precise Inspector with Close Eyes, features a submerged docking system and a unique robotic arm for non-destructive testing.It has been designed and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for intelligent and low-logistic pipeline and subsea asset inspection operations down to 3,000 m water depth.To support accurate and long-duration
World First: Video Broadcast Live from Underwater
overcoming the challenges of signal interference.“Without BlueComm, this could not be done,” said Darryl Newborough, Sonarydne’s Technical Director. “The submersibles have no cable connection to the vessel, so they cannot send their video feed through a cable. Acoustic communications technologies work well, and over long distances, but their bandwidth is not wide enough to support live video streaming. BlueComm is the only option.”In fact, BlueComm is the only commercially available technology that enables wireless transmission of high bandwidth data, including video, over
Partners Designing Autonomous Seismic Nodes
development.”Shaun Dunn, Global Business Manager, Exploration and Surveillance, Sonardyne, said, “The project will use our significant expertise in the design of long-endurance battery-powered subsea instrumentation, as well as our wireless through-water acoustic and optical communications technologies. Leveraging these will help to create a unique capability that will greatly enhance the cost effectiveness of on-demand seismic surveys and continuous seafloor deformation monitoring offshore Brazil.”The project is divided into three main phases: development, including design and
Digital Ocean: Making Subsea Data More Easily Accessible
gas sector companies are the most demanding customers, as they expect high levels of reliability and robustness, highly efficient operations and supplier support in the harshest of environments. It was this level of expectation that drove Sonardyne’s research into and development of new communications technologies for use in the subsea environment. Maritime security is also a key market for the company, with technology and application variations on a similar theme to those of the oil and gas sector, thus demonstrating the adaptability of its technology to a wider variety of different application
Anti-Submarine Warfare: Unmanned Future
his disposal – whether legacy systems or autonomous systems. For digital underwater communications, we see significant interest in providing situational awareness to submarines, whether the surface white picture, METOC or other information for ASW. Also, CMRE’s digital underwater communications technologies have captured the submarine rescue exercise community.” The CMRE will deploy their unmanned ASW network into the Dynamic Mongoose 2017 – the second annual NATO-led maritime ASW interoperability exercise, scheduled June 26 to July 8, 2017. This network will include
Sonardyne Demonstrates its Technology for NASA
manufacturer to demonstrate how their solutions enable asset management teams to make more informed decisions regarding planned maintenance, structural integrity and enhanced oil recovery programs. Around the pool, Sonardyne deployed acoustic data telemetry, sonar imaging and optical communications technologies to simulate some of the typical remote inspection and intervention scenarios its low risk technology can be utilized for. 6G sensor nodes suspended mid-water were used to show how critical data from remote assets such as satellite wells can be recovered using robust, long range acoustic
OI 2014 Technology Preview
;s new Connect software for LBL metrology campaigns will be making its debut, as will the latest updates for Ranger 2 USBL. SensorView, a new software application developed for accessing raw sensor data direct from 6G instruments will also be on display whilst optical and acoustic communications technologies, BlueComm and uComm, will be demonstrating wireless video and camera imagery transmission. Outside on the water, Sonardyne will be hosting daily demonstrations onboard its Predator vessel in the dock where visitors can get discover more about the company’s SPRINT INS, 6G
Proserv Unveils Global R&D Subsea Technology Hub
Rapidly growing international energy services company Proserv officially launched a global research and development (R&D) hub in Norway to design innovative subsea controls and communications technologies. This new group strengthens Proserv’s evolving international infrastructure in support of its subsea production systems business which includes facilities in the U.K. providing subsea systems test and assembly in Aberdeenshire and subsea controls systems design and manufacture in Great Yarmouth. This state-of-the-art R&D facility at Trondheim, Norway, represents a significant
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