AUV Case Study: Marine Roboticists are Turning AUV Sight into Perception
and computer vision, where Charles River Analytics possessed experience from work on numerous U.S. military and government contracts. When Teledyne expressed interest in finding solutions to this problem in 2015, Balasuriya thought to himself: why not us?Now, Charles River is releasing a commercial software product, AutoTRap Onboard, that integrates into Teledyne’s Gavia line of AUVs to enable real-time detection and recognition of objects of interest to marine engineers and scientists. The Charles River team first tested and qualified the AutoTRap Onboard system on a Teledyne Gavia in the North
Underwater Vehicle Propulsion Tech: Tail Shape and Vehicle-Propulsor Performance
Technical Director of HydroComp, Inc., a research consultancy specializing in applied hydrodynamic and propulsion system simulation. Widely regarded as one of the industry’s foremost experts in analytical prediction methods for the performance of marine vehicles and propulsors, he oversees all software product development and is principal investigator for engineering services. A graduate of Webb Institute, Don is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and member of its Propeller Hydrodynamics and Underwater Noise panels
Ocean Infinity Names Paul Helmore as CCO
career at Schlumberger Helmore held senior positions in Data Consulting Services leading a consulting led organisation providing world class advice and support in complex oilfield related projects.He also managed global business in the Schlumberger Information Solutions group, providing world class software product, data management and consulting services to the Oil and Gas sector. Paul began his career in the Royal Navy, in which he served for eight years. He is Harvard 2016 Alumni having studied Leadership and Behavioral Economics.Helmore will oversee all aspects of the group’s commercial
EIVA Launches ROV Steering Software
NaviSuite Mobula is a new software product from EIVA offering advanced steering capabilities to remotely operated vehicle (ROV) owners.The market for the micro- and mini-ROV is under drastic change, with more suppliers entering the market, and prices for the ROVs dropping significantly. The performance of the entry-level ROVs makes them useful for professional use – provided you have the right software capabilities.This is now possible through a NaviSuite product dedicated to ROV steering, NaviSuite Mobula. It includes high-end features from NaviSuite Nardoa, EIVA’s package for high-end
Artificial Intelligence Aids Subsea Object Detection
technology and real-time subsea intelligence has launched a new product that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically detect and recognize distinct underwater objects.Coda Octopus announced Tuesday that it is launching the initial product of its AI-based Automatic Object Detection (AOD) software product series, the Survey Engine Automatic Object Detection Package (SEADP), which enables geophysicists to automatically accomplish the previously painstaking and costly task of manually sifting through data to identify, tag and report on boulders within a seabed site.Boulder detection is critical
Subsea’s Future is Blowin’ in the Wind
the health of their equipment.SkySpecs’ aerial drones conduct the inspection fully autonomously without human control, and therefore provide more precise, consistent and robust inspection capabilities, the company said. Data gathered by the drone is automatically uploaded to the SkySpecs software product, Horizon, which classifies images by damage type and severity. An advanced feature set in the software that includes repair planning workflows, analytics dashboards and insights then enable users to spot trends, project repair costs and determine ROI.Equinor, MasdarPartners Equinor (formerly
Emerson’s Launches Roxar RMS 11
open and flexible reservoir characterization solutions in the industry today.“Roxar RMS 11 is all about the users, enabling them to work smarter and get the reservoir modeling results and decision-making intelligence they need in less time,” said Kjetil Fagervik, vice president of Roxar Software product development and marketing, Emerson Automation Solutions. “In putting innovation at the heart of the reservoir modeling workflow, users can look forward to a fully open, highly automated interactive reservoir modeling solution, leading to better and faster decisions and the very best information
ScanFish ROTVs Now Feature ‘3D’ Steering
required can be minimized. The upgrade is available on all ScanFish models, but is especially relevant to the ScanFish Katria model, in its terrain-following operation mode for wide-sweep UXO surveys. Moreover, 3D steering can be used with NaviPac – the navigation and positioning software product of EIVA NaviSuite – whose auto-pilot feature will allow for the ROTV to follow a predefined runline as instructed by the software
MTR 100: SeeByte
controlled auto-transit and stop-and-hover, while providing automated sonar tracking and movement relative to a target. By offering the largest available set of flight modes, SeeTrack CoPilot delivers the benefits of Dynamic Positioning in environments and scenarios not achievable using any other software product. (As published in the July/Aug 2014 edition of Marine Technology Reporter - http://www.marinetechnologynews.com/Magazine
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