autonomous underwater vehicle News
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Autosub Long Range prepares to dive into the abyss on first Antarctic mission
The NOC’s Autosub Long Range is joining ocean scientists from the University of Southampton and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) on an expedition to study some of the deepest and coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth – known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) – and how they affect climate change. Engineers from the NOC will assist the team of researchers to assess water flow and ...
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Oceaneering expands its geographic operations for AUVs into West Africa
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it is expanding its presence for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) survey services to the West African region. Oceaneering currently serves the U.S Gulf of Mexico with a fleet of state-of-the-art commercial AUVs, designed for high resolution and efficient survey operations in water depths reaching 4,500 meters. The Company is mobilizing one of its ...
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From the screaming sixties to a beach in South Africa
SCOOT (The Swedish Centre for Ocean Observing Technology) combines autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to make advanced environmental investigations in the Ocean. Aanderaa Sensors are used on various autonomous platforms, including the SB Kringla on her two missions in the Antarctic ...
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WESTON, Geometrics and University of Delaware to Develop Innovative Underwater Munitions Detection Technology
WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania—Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON®) announced today a new grant to work with Geometrics, Inc., and the University of Delaware to develop and demonstrate an innovative Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Munitions and Explosives of Concern Detection System for underwater unexploded ordnance detection missions. Funded by the Department of Defense Environmental ...
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NOC launches new collaborative platform for oil and gas industry
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has today launched a new collaborative way of working with the oil and gas industry. NOC will provide innovative science and technology to enable industry to work safely and efficiently, with minimum impact on the marine environment The launch comes off the back of many years of working with the industry on both an individual and collaborative basis, to ...
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Seattle company developing breakthrough appraoch to recharging underwater vehicles
Oscilla Power, Inc. is proud to announce the receipt of a $200k grant from the US DOE to further develop technology that enables autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to recharge themselves using ocean waves. In this Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) project, Oscilla Power will collaborate with Lockheed Martin, through their Rotary and Mission Systems group, to explore how this ...
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C-Power Announces Groundbreaking Demonstration of Saab Sabertooth Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with SeaRAY Autonomous Offshore Power System
C-Power today announced the addition of a groundbreaking demonstration of a Saab double-hull Sabertooth hybrid autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to the six-month sea trial of the SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS). The sea trial will take place later this year, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office and National Renewable ...
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New mini robot sub unveiled at the NOC
The first robotic microsub capable of being deployed from a robotic surface vehicle was unveiled at the Marine Autonomous and Technology Annual Showcase this November, at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). This innovative new design, led by Planet Ocean & co-developed by NOC, ASV ltd & The University of Southampton, is around three times smaller than current autonomous underwater ...
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Nationwide sea-floor ecology study starts off WA
The study is being conducted by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship and The University of Western Australia Oceans Institute (UWA OI) – as a collaboration through the Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) – to increase understanding of how ocean currents affect coastal ecosystems. "A focus of the study will be on ...
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New Technology from Innovasea Lets Researchers Retrieve Fish Tracking Data from Shore Using an AUV
Innovasea, a global leader in technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, today announced groundbreaking new technology that will enable fish researchers to retrieve their field data from shore. The technological breakthrough comes in the form of a new module for Teledyne’s G3 Gliders that allows the autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to be dispatched ...
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Autosub Long Range “Boaty McBoatface” returns home after successful Antarctic mission
The RRS James Clark Ross arrived at the NOC last week, returning Autosub Long Range (ALR) home after its first scientific deployment in the Antarctic. Developed by the NOC, Autosub Long Range, the latest type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth. Supported by NOC engineers, the team, which involved scientists ...
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Hi-techs strategies reveal Europe’s underwater map at ESOF 2008
Cold-water corals and the mud volcanoes of Europe remain a mystery to many Europeans. Despite EU waters covering an area much larger than the continent, little is known about this hidden underwater map of Europe. This knowledge gap was highlighted at the ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum) event, held on 21 July 2008 in Barcelona. “Much progress has been made in the field of marine technology in ...
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Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears
A freshwater channel that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas is a premier Midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer's delight, offering spectacular vistas of two Great Lakes, several islands and one of the world's longest suspension bridges. But nowadays the Straits of Mackinac is drawing attention for something that is out of sight and usually out of mind, and which some ...
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Electric Vehicles 2012-2022
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NASA Voyage Set To Explore Link Between Sea Saltiness And Climate
A NASA-sponsored expedition is set to sail to the North Atlantic's saltiest spot to get a detailed, 3-D picture of how salt content fluctuates in the ocean's upper layers and how these variations are related to shifts in rainfall patterns around the planet. The research voyage is part of a multi-year mission, dubbed the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS), which will ...
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