Tech File: A Robotic Reach in Offshore Wind
equipment transfers, survey and inspection or launch and recovery operations, from a moving object, i.e. a ship or USV, to another moving object?This is the synchronous stabilisation the company has been working on, or its Autonomous Synchronised Stabilised Platform (ASSP), that’s had European Regional Development Fund through the Marine-I programme in Cornwall, where the company has another base. It adds machine vision to synchronise the payload motion with the moving target, so that, whatever motion the articulated arm is experiencing, the end of the arm has no residual motion with regard to the
A Robotic Reach in Offshore Wind
transfers, survey, and inspection or launch and recovery operations, from a moving object, i.e. a ship or USV, to another moving object?This is the synchronous stabilization the company has been working on, or its Autonomous Synchronised Stabilised Platform (ASSP), that’s had European Regional Development Fund through the Marine-I program in Cornwall, where the company has another base. It adds machine vision to synchronize the payload motion with the moving target, so that, whatever motion the articulated arm is experiencing, the end of the arm has no residual motion with regard to the moving
Bombora Making Progress with 'World’s Most Powerful' Wave Energy Converter
Project, as it prepares to validate what it says is the world’s most powerful Wave Energy Converter."Rigorous testing of the key sub-systems is currently underway as the ocean energy specialist prepares to deliver the £20million project, financially supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via the Welsh Government," Bombora said.The cell modules, a key element of the firm’s ‘membrane-based’ WEC system, mWave, are now being operated through their final round of design limit testing before being fitted into the steel foundation structure in
Plymouth University, Kongsberg Digital Partner to 'Revolutionize' Floating Offshore Wind Ops
, can make significant strides in helping us to achieve that.”The new DP simulator has been acquired through the university’s involvement in the Cornwall floating offshore wind accelerator project. Led by Celtic Sea Power and supported by a grant of £4.8m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, the project will support Cornwall’s ambitions to take a leading role in the global floating offshore wind sector, it has been said.The new facility will complement other strengths within the university, including
'World's Most Powerful Tidal Turbine' Brought Online in Scotland
platform, Abundance Investment, as well as being supported by the Scottish Government by the Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund. The O2 project has been supported through funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the FloTEC project and the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg North West Europe Programme under the ITEG project.Orbital is now looking to commercialize its technology through the deployment of multi-MW arrays. "Supporting this endeavor in UK waters would bring substantial benefits beyond complimenting the clean
Innovative Tidal Power Project Proceeds in the Scottish Sea
energy by 2050 - generated in wave or tidal power plants, floating photovoltaic systems and by using algae to produce biofuels.The O2 project has also received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the FloTEC project as well as the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg North West Europe program under the ITEG project.Image courtesy SK
Fleet of Ocean Robots, Buoys, Set for Deployment Off Plymouth
is also home to the prestigious Western Channel Observatory, where a long-term data set, remote sensing and ecosystem modeling inform world-leading science," Plymouth Marine Laboratory said.The new buoy, which will be deployed by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) with support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), provides a unique capability for the UK thanks to its autonomous water column profiling system, PML said."The profiler will deliver invaluable high-resolution data to scientists working on the Western Channel Observatory. Where the previous buoy systems only measured in
iXblue Equips Ifremer's New 6000m AUV
, in an industrial alliance led by Ifremer, a deep sea AUV - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle- for seabed exploration down to 6,000-meter depths. The AUV is a newly developed system capable of 36-hour mapping survey.The project is funded over five years by IFREMER, PACA Regional Council and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Total investment amounts to €5,280,000 and covers the entire cost of staff, tests and ships during the testing phase.The 6,000-meter rated AUV for Ifremer-led CORAL project has been developed by ECA Group (Image: Ifremer / ECA Group / CORAL Project)Available as an AUV payload
Maritime Blue-Light Laser Discovered
It will also play a particularly important role in the development of detection and recognition systems applicable to areas including navigation, tracking of objects and masses at sea and maritime rescue.”The KETmaritime project is funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area Program, via the European Regional Development Fund and is delivered by a consortium of seven partners across Europe.The consortium includes French multidisciplinary research laboratory CIMAP (CEA group), Portuguese maritime economic cluster Fórum Oceano and Spanish industrial design center IDONIAL. Ireland’s national center
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