Autonomous Drones Start Service Aker BP's at North Sea Platform
, improving safety, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency across offshore asset management,” said Anja Dyb, SVP Life Cycle Services, Aker Solutions.The drone system on Edvard Grieg includes a drone docking station offshore and supporting infrastructure. Aker Solutions has also developed software systems and set up an onshore control room. The solution includes airspace and AIS monitoring, two-way communication with the Helicopter Landing Officer (HLO) aviation management, and platform leadership.“Aker BP's operational strategy is based on the assumption that robotics and drones will
Verlume Bolsters US Sales Plans with C.A. Richards & Associates as Partner Appointment
and Offloading) units need to disconnect from the subsea system.The company’s Axonn intelligent energy management system is the only such technology of its kind available on the market, enabling stable power output to multiple subsea assets through its unique integration of hardware and software systems.The partnership with C.A. Richards complements Verlume’s ongoing collaboration with Fortior Ventures, which has been active since 2021 and continues to support the company’s business development in North America
Greensea IQ Marks Record Breaking Year with 57% Revenue Increase
of the Bayonet AUGV platform that runs the same autonomy used worldwide in Expeditionary and Special Operations activities. Greensea was awarded a significant contract from USMC to deliver multiple Bayonet systems with spares, training, and integration support.“Our Bayonet AUGVs and edge software systems for robot autonomy are enabling safer, more efficient operations in challenging environments for the defense communities.“Greensea is leveraging this technology to enable complex commercial operations at scale. We are seeing significant growth not only in our product sales but also
Tech File: Dual-Arm AUV Emerges from German Consortium
network enable highly precise movements as required for docking with underwater structures. The real-time communication required for this is carried out within the AUV using EtherNet/IP.The Mare-IT project was funded from August 1, 2018, to November 30, 2021, by the Project Management Agency for Software Systems and Knowledge Technologies of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) of around 5.5 million euros.A researcher monitors the AUV's collision avoidance in dual-arm mode from the edge of the pool. Photo Copyright: DFKI, Thomas Fran
10 Tech Trends to Impact Shipping Industry
to properly identify, understand and manage emerging digital risks.Under-performing sensors, communication and algorithms, unintentionally (cyber safety) or deliberately manipulated (cyber security), are the principal sources of the new risks. In addition, there is the increasing complexity of software systems, multiplied in uncertainty by machine learning and AI-based systems.The digital transformation also opens new trust gaps in industries like food, health and manufacturing, in which a previously entirely physical-based business is augmented and eventually replaced by a digital business. Data
Moore Foundation Awards $3 Mln to WHOI
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. “Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is known for its high-quality ocean research and instrumentation, and there is an opportunity now to bring this attention to quality and precision to a new way of rapidly and efficiently developing distributed hardware/software systems for studying the world’s oceans.
GeoSphere: Mapping-while-drilling Evolution
Logging-while-drilling (LWD) technologies have evolved significantly in the past decade. Today they integrate sophisticated algorithms that take advantage of the ever-increasing technical complexity combining mechanical, electrica, and software systems that are implemented downhole. These achievements helps the users gain a better understanding of the reservoir while bring drilling into a new area of efficiency and cost savings. Marine Technology Reporter’s Correspondent in Brazil spoke to Jean Seydoux, Program Manager for Advanced Reservoir Mapping Technologies for Drilling and Measurement at
DNV GL'S Synergi Water Models Open Channel Flow
from collection systems to treatment plants. Planners and engineers need to model these systems along with their closed pipe networks in order to optimize the design and operations. Until now, some users have refrained from modelling open channels while others have used models in two separate software systems to model the water flow in both closed pipe networks and in open channels. This can be a cumbersome and time-consuming process. With the new release of DNV GL’s Synergi Water, closed pipe networks and open channel flow in steady state can be modelled directly within the same software. &ldquo
Seafloor Systems Inc.
, and tide gauges. It has sensors from many manufacturers such as Applanix, Coda Optopus, Teledyne Marine, Trimble, Valeport, and Ohmex. It also offers a Reson 8160 50-kHz multibeam echosounder, capable of mapping the seafloor down to 3,000 meters. For data acquisition and processing, it offers software systems from Triton Imaging, Hypack, Chesapeake Technology, and Caris. Its data processors can process data from multibeam echosounders, side scan sonars, magnetometers, and subbottom profilers acquired in most common formats such as XTF, Q-MIPS, .ALL, .HSX, SEG-Y and many more. (As
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