Cathx Ocean Unveils New INKA Camera
time-consuming post-mission processing, leading to delays and increased operational costs. Cathx Ocean is set to solve this problem with the launch of INKA Iris at UDT 2025.INKA is Cathx Ocean’s onboard hardware processing platform, designed to bring real-time AI-driven decision-making to subsea vehicles. Iris is the first camera built on the INKA platform, delivering imaging and onboard data processing in a compact, power-efficient package. Built on customer feedback and real-world testing, INKA Iris, combined with the Clarity Autonomous Perception Platform, enables subsea vehicles to run AI
Study of Newly Exposed Sea Floor Reveals Flourishing Ecosystems
An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too), working in the Bellingshausen Sea, rapidly pivoted their research plans to study an area that was, until last month, covered by ice, revealing flourishing ecosystems at depths as great as 1300 meters.On January 13, 2025, an iceberg the size of Chicago, named A-84, broke away from the George VI Ice Shelf, one of the massive floating glaciers attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet. The team reached the newly exposed seafloor on January 25 and became the first to investigate an area that had never before been
Smarter Than Us
data using large language models (models trained on large amounts of data and capable of understanding and generating natural language and other types of content to perform a wide range of tasks.)The latest issue of Marine Technology Reporter magazine also highlights AI developments, this time for subsea vehicles including Beam’s Scout, an AI-powered AUV designed to independently perform offshore wind inspections, only reporting back at the end of the mission.The potential of quantum computing will be considered in an upcoming issue of Marine Technology Reporter magazine. Quantum computing is expected
Bedrock Picks Exail’s Phins 9 Navigation for Next-Gen AUV
88.9 x 130 mm, the Phins 9 Compact stands as one of the most compact high-performance INS available in the market. With a power consumption of less than 7 W and a DVL-aided position accuracy of 0.1% TD, it is said to provide ‘exceptional reliability and navigation precision’ for compact subsea vehicles operating in demanding applications with low power requirements.Earlier this week, Exail has introduced a new transoceanic uncrewed surface vessel - the DriX O-16 - designed for long-duration operations of up to 30 days and able to deploy multiple payloads and subsea assets.Exail Introduces
Metron and Cellula Robotics Join Forces for UUV Long Duration Ops
sustainable, long duration operations with zero carbon emissions.According to the companies, the result is a scalable UUV solution using a reconfigurable vehicle profile that will lower risk, reduce cost, and maximize mission flexibility and efficiencies to better serve the U.S. defense, offshore energy, subsea telecommunications, and marine scientific exploration markets."This strategic collaboration signifies a major milestone in harnessing the expertise of Metron and Cellula to advance the frontier of long duration, multi-payload subsea capabilities. We are thrilled to collaborate with Cellula to
AssoJet III Mk2: Asso.subsea Unveils its Most Advanced Jetting ROV
Offshore installation services firm Asso.subsea on Thursday announced the development of a newly built jetting vehicle for cohesionless soil: AssoJet III Mk2."The AssoJet III Mk2 is the most advanced of the ASSO’s jetting ROVs, based on full in-house design which incorporates the vast Asso Group experience in jetting operations," Asso.subsea said.Equipped with more than 1.5 MW of available power, the vehicle is capable of burying up to 3.2m depth and it can deploy an independent eductor system for cleaning operations in addition to backfilling swords. Moreover, the company said the
AutoNaut USV to Trial Winch Cast to 100m
AutoNaut won funding from Innovate UK to develop a method to achieve a winch cast to 100m. The challenge is to get the cast to sink to depth from a wave propelled vessel that does not stop. The trial will take place in Loch Ness in summer 2023. “Since we started the company ten years ago, we have searched for a suitable winch to try this,” said Mike Poole, founding Director of AutoNaut. “This winch fits the special needs of our 5m USV in terms of size, power demand and controllability. Now we need a method to get the cast to sink to the right depth rather than
Mini-ROV Firm BeyonC Joins Chevron's Catalyst Program
Ventures' (CTV) Catalyst Program, an initiative to help early-stage companies mature their technologies with the aim of benefiting the energy industry around the world.The program incentivizes BeyonC to further develop proprietary technology that is designed to improve the safety of performing subsea inspections while reducing carbon emissions, potentially improving asset reliability and reducing cost, the company said.BeyonC says it has patent-pending technology that provides mini-ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) with cost-effective on-demand asset integrity data."The BeyonC technology
MTR100: EvoLogics GmbH
have become enabling technologies for monitoring, exploration and production.EvoLogics are experts in cutting-edge underwater communication and positioning systems, as well as novel robotic solutions. The company’s advanced spread-spectrum technology allows it to deliver optimal results for various subsea applications. EvoLogics products include several series of underwater acoustic modems, underwater acoustic positioning systems (USBL, LBL), the Sonobot surface vehicle for surveying and monitoring, as well as the Quadroin, penguin-shaped AUV, with other uncrewed vehicles currently in development
February 2025
