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Dam Bathymetric Surveys Where Manned Boats Can’t Reach

HydroQuebec in Montreal, Canada manage a large network of dams around the province and the hydrology group are tasked with conducting surveys around the dams to better understand the flow conditions through hydraulic models. As is common for surveying around dams, access for manned boats with people on the water in the immediate vicinity of the dam is severely restricted. To gather the crucial ...

Dec. 11, 2019

By CEE HydroSystems

Montana Department of Transportation CEE-USV Acceptance Training

Recognizing than using an unmanned survey boat for river bathymetry can generate substantial manpower and cost savings, Montana Department of Transportation studied available options closely. In order to prevent potentially unnecessary expenditure by choosing the wrong product, DOT staff tested the waters with a small inexpensive drone boat that was used in combination with their existing GNSS ...

Jun. 10, 2020

By CEE HydroSystems

Unexplored Arctic region to be mapped

A scientific expedition this fall will map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the U.S. and Canada may have sovereign rights over natural resources such as oil and gas and control over activities such as mining. Both countries will use the resulting data to establish the outer limits of the continental shelf, according to the criteria set out in the Convention on the Law of the Sea. The ...

Sep. 10, 2008

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Explore the “Third Pole of the Earth” Oceanalpha USV contributes

After more than 40 years, our country once again started a large-scale and comprehensive scientific investigation of the "third polar plateau" on the Tibetan Plateau. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition firstly used USV, USV and other new technologies. As the only unmanned platform, Oceanalpha unmanned vessel participates in this "national initiative" that has attracted worldwide ...

Feb. 1, 2018

By OceanAlpha Group Ltd.

Oceanalpha USV explore the third pole of the Earth

After more than 40 years, China once again started a large-scale and comprehensive scientific investigation of the Tibetan Plateau,known as the third polar of the earth.  It’s the first time the expedition team applys unmanned surface vessels(USV) and drones in their survey. As the only unmanned platform to participated in this national expedition, Oceanalpha’s USV attracted ...

May 16, 2019

By OceanAlpha Group Ltd.

USV Monitors and Surveys the World’s Longest Bridge

The world’s longest sea crossing, Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge, opened last month. Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The bridge cost about $20bn (£15.3bn). About 30km of its total length crosses the sea of the Pearl River delta. To allow ships through, a 6.7km section in the middle dips ...

May 16, 2019

By OceanAlpha Group Ltd.

Solving mystery of pilot Amelia Earhart

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire's Marine School are part of the crew, led by National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Robert Ballard, that is setting out to hopefully find answers to questions around the disappearance of famed pilot Amelia Earhart. UNH's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping has developed an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), or robot, that can explore the seafloor in ...

Aug. 14, 2019

By ScienceDaily

UK’s oldest deep-water Marine Protected Area successfully protects coral reefs

A unique study recently published by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and University College Cork shows that deep, cold-water corals are very slow to recover from damage. Therefore deep-water Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) protect vulnerable marine ecosystems most effectively when they are put in place before that damage occurs. This study used data from deep-water robots to ...

Jun. 29, 2016

By NOC (National Oil Corporation)

‘Hidden larder’ for sharks and whales revealed in Welsh waters

The mission saw an unmanned underwater glider travel to an area around 50 miles to the south west of Wales called the Celtic Deep, which is a haven for wildlife but also an extremely busy shipping route and fishing ground. The glider travelled 600 km in 30 days, undertaking nearly 3000 dives from the sea surface to the seabed at a depth of 100m. Data from the glider shows a previously hidden ...

May 20, 2016

By NOC (National Oil Corporation)

OceanAlpha work with Kongsberg to demonstrate ME120 USV and M3 Sonar in Ocean Business 2019

During April 9 to 11, 2019, the most influential event in the ocean technology industry, the Ocean Business 2019 was held in Southampton, UK. OceanAlpha launched ME120 USV by deployment of Kongsberg M3 PHS system, successfully demonstrated as whole package survey solution in Southampton dockside. OceanAlpha International Business Division sales director Jason Liu presented the ME120 USV ...

May 16, 2019

By OceanAlpha Group Ltd.

USV causes hot discussion at China-Israel Summit

On July 2nd, the 4th China – Israel Innovation & Investment Summit was held in Zhuhai, China. Unmanned surface vessels(USV) technology brought hot discussion at the summit. Yunfei Zhang, the founder of Oceanalpha, was invited as one of the top technical experts to give a speech. He stated that surface robots, represented by unmanned surface vessels(USV), will subvert the traditional ...

May 16, 2019

By OceanAlpha Group Ltd.

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 ...

Jun. 28, 2017

By NOC (National Oil Corporation)

Alaska continental slope 100 miles farther out than thought

The foot of the continental slope off Alaska is more than 100 nautical miles farther from the U.S. coast than previously assumed, according to new Arctic sea floor data released today by the University of New Hampshire and the federal government. The data could support U.S. rights to natural resources of the sea floor beyond the generally accepted limit of 200 nautical miles from the coast. ...

Feb. 12, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

CEESCOPE Survey Program Commenced at Mississippi River Grain Terminal

Grain from US farming is transported down the Mississippi River in enormous quantities for export to customers all around the world. The grain barges that have been transported downriver are unloaded at grain elevators and rapidly transferred to cargo vessels alongside the docks. Ships are continuously arriving to collect their grain cargo and safe operation of the terminal relies on having ...

Nov. 5, 2020

By CEE HydroSystems

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