Saab Seaeye's Falcon Flies High
time, tools and sensors could be easily added or changed, and custom options readily integrated, making it an ideal platform for numerous intricate and demanding applications.More interchangeable equipment could also be fitted on a small vehicle than ever before possible.And by introducing plug-and-go technology to underwater robotics, operators and scientists found a ready development platform for creative opportunities.The Falcon concept also made data more accessible for local and internet control and status interrogation, along with remote piloting via satellite.This distributed intelligence breakthrough
Remotely Operated Vehicles: Thinking out of the Box
the smarts it’s been developing for the Sabertooth for new electric vehicles.Another firm looking to enter the resident vehicle space is UK-based subsea machinery firm SMD. During Offshore Europe, it launched its Quantum EV ROV. While the Quantum EV ROV made the headlines, what SMD launched was a technology suite, rather than a single ROV, based on an open-electric framework for whatever shape vehicle is required and that can be adapted for a variety of tethered or untethered operations.Mark Collins, SMD’s Director for Remote and Autonomous Technologies, says four years’ work has gone
Environmental DNA Emerging in the Ocean Science Community
years. Microfluidic systems require less power, reagent, time, and human involvement than conventional instruments, making them ideal for long term deployments. These concepts are being employed to eDNA by the Sieben Lab at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Their "Inlaid Optical Celltm" technology is a patent-pending approach that enables miniaturized optical spectroscopy on ultra-small amounts of fluid, less than a few microliters. Conserving reagent usage per measurement minimizes the volume of onboard chemicals and waste storage leading to smaller sensors. These inlaid cells are
HII Completes Hydroid Acquisition
, we can now offer a comprehensive suite of autonomous underwater vehicle systems that address our customers’ needs. While this is a perfect complement to our existing UUV business, more importantly, it brings together brilliant and talented people who are at the leading edge of unmanned systems technology.”Duane Fotheringham, who previously served as Hydroid’s president and chairman of the board, will serve as president of Unmanned Systems, reporting to Green. Fotheringham joined Hydroid in 2008 as the vice president of operations and was responsible for the research and development
MBARI Works at Unlocking Ocean Biology
center, says it started with a group interest in microbial oceanography – the study of the smallest organisms in the ocean, including understanding how and why harmful algae blooms form. Dr Birch spoke about the work and its results at the National Oceanography Centre’s Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS) event in Southampton, late last year. The result is an Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), a compact robotic system that filters a water sample and then processes the biomass to create analysable samples.A long-range autonomous underwater vehicle carrying an ESP is recovered to
Electric Motor Selection for Underwater Vehicles: Considerations of Partial Load Efficiency
electrical power as the “fuel” and generic motor curve shapes (such as “constant-torque, constant-power”) for early-stage design. And, of course, we are deep into a prediction model for off-design partial load efficiency maps!Read this story in the March 2020 edition of Marine Technology Reporter: https://magazines.marinelink.com/nwm/MarineTechnology/202003/#page/2
Unique Group Signs Exclusive Agreement with OTAQ Offshore
Unique Group has signed an exclusive rental agreement with UK-based OTAQ Offshore to represent the latter’s technology and products across the Middle East, APAC and the Americas. The agreement will see Unique Group represent a number of industry-renowned technologies, including the OceanSENSE and DragonFish solutions. Deployed in the dual roles of subsea leak and cement returns detection, OceanSENSE is recognized as the industry standard and has been deployed successfully on over 1000 offshore projects globally. Proven to work efficiently in the offshore environment, the DragonFish’s
Tidal Power Firm gets Funding from Scottish Gov't
to design, procure, install, connect and commission the subsea hub and associated subsea connection infrastructure, which is a key enabler for future array phases, as it will deliver cost reductions in power production by connecting multiple turbines to a single export cable, Atlantis said."The technology leverages the innovative design of the Atlantis turbine wet mate connection system, which enables rapid and automatic connection and disconnection of power and communication infrastructure offshore without any intervention," it said. Map by AtlantisThis grant award will prove the application
Ransomware: The IT Danger on the Horizon
have loosely heard of it, but the broader implications haven’t yet penetrated the public consciousness. In different industries, that general lack of awareness could be a big problem—and the maritime sector is a good example.Ransomware hits at the confluence of two critical trends in modern technology: the ever-increasing integration of IT systems into daily life, and the interconnectedness of those IT systems. In its 2019 report “Evasive Threats, Pervasive Effects,” Trend Micro recorded a 77% uptick in ransomware attacks between the second half of 2018 and the first half of
Copenhagen Subsea Debuts the Gorilla ROV
Copenhagen Subsea launched a new powerful Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), specifically developed for the offshore industry. The ROV is based on Copenhagen Subsea’s rim-driven thruster technology and is designed to be robust and reliable in challenging environments – qualities which inspired us to name it the Gorilla.In fact, reliability has been first and foremost throughout the design and development of the Gorilla. By basing the ROV on industrial components, Copenhagen Subsea was seeking to ensue the utmost operational reliability.The Gorilla is equipped as standard with an intelligent
