Lander Lab: Selection Criteria for Underwater Cable and Connectors
provides a programmatic approach to narrowing down and choosing the right underwater connector. Sales reps can provide guidance, but it is ultimately the responsibility of the engineers to write the specifications.I’ve always held that connectors are a mechanical problem first. If the seals don’t work, then what’s inside doesn’t matter anymore. Not that it wasn’t important to begin with. I also pressure test connectors to be sure there is no production flaw with any critical step. Best time to learn of a problem is onshore, weeks before deployment. Yes, it’s
Inside the NOC Robotics Center
;m heading up the facility here. So, we've got about 40 marine robots, and we've got about 60 engineers, computer scientists, and researchers. And we're all here to develop, build, operate, [subsea vehicles] and go and make measurements in the ocean for the ocean science community.Question: Why don't you tell us a little bit about the NOC's autonomous robotics fleet?ALEX:We have a fleet of about 40 vehicles, and they vary substantially. So, we buy in a lot of kit, so we buy underwater gliders. We've got a large ROV. We also design, build, and operate the Autosub AUVs. And these are
Teledyne Valeport Water Announces Shallow Water Hyperion32
Water, has announced the release of the Hyperion32, the latest addition to its Hyperion range of high-performance optical instruments.Designed specifically for inland water and shallow marine environments, the Hyperion32 is depth-rated to 50 meters, offering a cost-effective alternative for users who don’t require deep-sea capability. Its 32 mm diameter housing also offers a lighter, more compact form factor, making it ideal for a broad range of water quality monitoring applications where space, ease of deployment are key considerations.The Hyperion range, named after the Titan god of light
Satellite data from Ship Captures Landslide-Generated Tsunami
Landslide-generated tsunamis pose a serious risk to coastal communities, particularly within narrow fjords where tall cliffs can trap and amplify waves. Scientists rely heavily on earthquake-based observation systems to issue tsunami warnings, but these methods don’t always capture localized ground movement caused by landslides.Now, for the first time, scientists have detected tsunami waves caused by a landslide using data from a ship’s satellite receiver. The CIRES and CU Boulder-led research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, shows the potential for the approach to improve
Twelve Scottish Firms Secure Place in Offshore Renewables Supply Chain Program
become market-leading suppliers to the offshore wind sector.This fifth regional F4OR program, which has been funded and supported by the Energy Transition Zone (ETZ ltd) was open exclusively to North East-Scotland based businesses – and will involve enterprises based in Aberdeen, Dyce and Bridge of Don.Their fields of expertise range from engineering, surveying, marine geophysics, offshore inspection, project management and digital solutions to equipment hire, industrial consumables and non-weld piping.Some of the companies selected for support include AISUS Offshore, GS-Hydro, HPR ROV, Hydrus Energy
Chinese Rover said to Find Evidence of Martian Ocean, Beaches
vast plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere. Researchers carefully ruled out other origins for the deposits. “We considered wind-blown dunes, ancient river channels, and even lava flows,” noted Benjamin Cardenas, a geoscientist from Penn State. “However, the unique patterns we observed don’t match those features—beach deposits remain the best explanation.”Mars, which formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago, saw the disappearance of its oceanic phase about a billion years into its history due to dramatic climatic changes. While some water was likely lost to space, large
Subsea Industry Paves the Innovation Path for Floating Wind, says GUH
infrastructure required to deliver floating offshore wind. The UK’s underwater industry excels in manufacturing and assembling the myriad of components for these complex systems and in overcoming the challenges of installation, operation, and maintenance in hostile conditions and deep water.Neil Gordon, chief executive of GUH, said: “We’ve made a clear and compelling case to the government as to why the underwater industry is of national strategic importance and why investment in this industrial sub-sector should be prioritized. "Unlike fixed offshore wind in shallow waters
Building AI’s Subsea Cable Infrastructure
here, so if I travel to the U.S. or around Asia, there’s no point in serving me U.S. or Asia ads – the Facebook data center in Singapore, for example, has to synchronize with one of their three data centers in Europe to retrieve the appropriate advertising and deliver it with low latency so I don’t scroll past it before it’s delivered, because then Facebook would not get paid for my ‘eyeballs.’”The new Meta cable system, the longest 24 fiber pair cable project in the world, will deploy first-of-its-kind routing and maximize the amount of cable laid in deep water
Kystdesign to Deliver Advanced ROV to Dutch NIOZ
is prepared for a variety of auto functions like AutoPOS and AutoTRACK capabilities, in addition to over-the-horizon control from a Remote Operation Center (ROC) onshore.The ROV will be assigned a role aboard the RV Anna Weber-van Bosse, the future flagship of the Dutch research fleet.“We currently don’t have anything like it available for the Dutch scientific community. The robot is equipped to take over the work of humans at great water depths. With its six high-resolution cameras and strong gripping arms, it forms our eyes and arms underwater. One of them can rotate along seven different
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