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ROV Completes 4,500 Deep-Sea Dives. MBARI’s Ventana has been in operation since 1988, reportedly having logged the most science dives of any remotely operated vehicle in the world t.ly/1C6Ru

Japanese NEC Deploys Acoustic Technology Developed for Submarine Detection in Civilian Drones. The technology, which was originally developed to detect submarines, is now being used to navigate and avoid obstacles in underwater environments. t.ly/vE5dz

Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system that can provide distributed power on the seabed. Such a system could open the way for charging stations for autonomous undersea vehicles. t.ly/ag2N-

From a garage in California to a global success story, Blue Robotics is a testament to the power of innovation and perseverance. They raised $100k on Kickstarter. Today, the company offers 350 products for #UUV and has sold over 100k thrusters worldwide. t.ly/Uvy6h

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) got a contract to construct USV for the DARPA. NOMARS project was awarded by Serco North America - prime contractor and designer of the vessel that can operate autonomously for extended periods at sea. t.ly/8U3Xb #USV #Military

EcoCAM: New 4K camera for AUVs from ecoSUB Robotics. Low-power, global shutter, fixed Computar 8mm lens, 1.1" Sony IMX267 CMOS sensor, edge computing capabilities by Jetson Orin Nano, depth-rated to 2500 m, 8.85 mpix (4096 x 2160) 33 fps t.ly/CRpCo #payload #camera

Saronic raises $55M to develop USVs for the US Navy - Corsair, Spyglass and Cutlass. The drones are designed for autonomous navigation and decision-making in real time in the marine environment, as well as for other actions in swarm groups t.ly/Ie-64 #USV #Military

Ocean Power Technologies, USA, has received a $1.6 million order from Sulmara, an offshore services firm based in India. The order is for 16 USV WAM-Vs, which are modular, oceangoing vessels t.ly/mL3e4 #USV #OceanPowerTechnologies

Saildrone, USA, reported a milestone - a fleet of 136 maritime drones has traveled a total of 1 million nautical miles, and the total duration of missions has reached 32,000 days. prouuv.blogspot.com/2023/10/saildr… #USV #Saildrone

The Boeing Company BA recently clinched a $10.6 million modification contract to provide engineering support for the Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (“XLUUV”). (finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-ba…) #Boeing #Military #XLUUV #EchoVoyager

VideoRay acquires Blue Ring Imaging, enhancing its capabilities in AI, autonomy, and AR/VR for underwater robotics. This will allow VideoRay's vehicles to conduct missions more autonomously and effectively, saving time and money. oceansciencetechnology.com/news/ai-capabi… #AI #VideoRay

Underwater batteries are a promising market and its first participants: #SubCtech #KrakenRobotics #Verlume #DeepSea #RBR #ElectrochemSolutions tinyurl.com/np598y9t

VideoRay Acquires Blue Ring Imaging - innovator in 3D visualization, multi-view perception, and simulation for unmanned systems. VideoRay will incorporate BR’s experience in AI, autonomy, AR/VR, 3D visualization, simulation, and man-machine teaming tinyurl.com/3cczhaty

Swiss company Tethys Robotics has developed an ROV with a Doppler velocity sensor Nortek DVL500 Compact that provides safer and more accurate positioning and navigation underwater than divers. news.cision.com/nortek/r/a-com… #ROV #DVL #Nortek

Saab's underwater systems have supported elements of NATO two ‘operational experimentation exercises’ navaltoday.com/2023/10/17/saa…

Stanford University’s OceanOneK humanoid-ROV showcased in Dubai youtube.com/live/6lPjZNnt6… 1h01m

Square Robots, which creates tanks inspection robots for the oil and gas industry, will increase its fleet of SR-1 robots from 7 to 11 therobotreport.com/square-robots-… #inspection #gas #oil #robotics

The Navy has awarded HII a contract worth up to $347 million to purchase up to 200 unmanned undersea vehicles Remus 300, the first major acquisition for the Navy’s Lionfish program more - breakingdefense.com/2023/10/hii-wi… #AUV #sAUV #HII #military #subsea

Could China surprise enemies with weapon that lies in wait on the seabed? Chinese scientists say they are testing a prototype for a deep sea weapon that could lie in wait on the seabed thousands of metres below the surface. scmp.com/news/china/sci… #AUV #military #China

The upgraded Argeo Searcher vessel will be equipped with the recently purchased Hugin Superior Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), boosting operational capacity and productivity. marinelink.com/news/argeo-ele… #searobotics #AUV #ROV #Hugin #Argeo