UUV / AUV / ROV News

The latest UUV / AUV / ROV news for Autonomous and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Articles on unmanned submarines, subsea robotics, remotely operated vehicles, product launches and technological advances in UUV design and manufacture

ELWAVE Deploys Subsea Electromagnetic Sensor

ELWAVE’s CEDAR Technology is the company’s patented biomimetics active electrics technology, and will be deployed in the company’s new active electrics sensor Octopulse

Oct 27, 2023
Oceanbotics ROV Crucial in Smuggling Prevention

The company’s SRV-8 underwater drone has proven highly effective in inspecting the hulls and confined spaces of commercial vessels

Oct 26, 2023
Greensea IQ Expands Production Facility

The expansion in Plymouth, Massachusetts, establishes a manufacturing center for the production of several navigation and robotics systems

Oct 24, 2023
Deliveries of AUV With ecoCAM Begin

Planet Ocean’s ecoCAM module is a compact unit, rated to 2,500m and mounted in a custom nose cone, allowing the camera to be orientated downward for seabed imaging

Oct 20, 2023
FarSounder & NSSLGlobal Join Forces

NSSLGlobal expands product portfolio with FarSounder’s innovative 3D Forward Looking Sonar, including the recently released Argos 350 Forward Looking Sonar system which is ideal for USVs

Oct 19, 2023
Deliveries of AUVs with ecoCAM Subsea Camera Begin

The ecoSUB camera system ecoCAM has been designed to provide extremely high-quality video and still images while fully integrated into the ecoSUBm5-Power+ AUV system

Oct 18, 2023
Greensea IQ Hull Management Service Launched

The EverClean IQ System harnesses data collected during cleaning operations, aided by the robot’s highly accurate hull relative navigation system

Oct 16, 2023
Successful Acquisition of Blue Ring Imaging by VideoRay

VideoRay set to improve situational awareness and object detection capabilities of the company’s unmanned systems having acquired Blue Ring Imaging’s AI capabilities

Oct 10, 2023
Hurricane Research to be Transformed by Teledyne Gliders

Over 1,100 Teledyne Marine Slocum AUVs have been deployed worldwide, equipped with sensors to measure various ocean parameters, including temperature, salinity, and depth-averaged currents

Oct 03, 2023
Underwater and Hydrographic Survey Equipment for USVs & UUVs

Hydro-Tech Marine’s lightweight and compact solutions include multibeam echosounders, side scan sonars, and sound velocity sensors and profilers

Oct 02, 2023
Voyis Discovery Camera Integrated with Deep Trekker ROV

The merging of REVOLUTION Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) with the Discovery Camera opens new horizons for industries including marine research, defense and security, and infrastructure inspection

Oct 02, 2023
Remotely Operated Towed Vehicle in Development for the Royal Navy

Following a contract award from the UK MoD, EIVA will deliver a containerised ScanFish L ROTV solution to the British Royal Navy, capable of operation beyond the continental shelf

Sep 20, 2023
BAE Systems and Cellular Robotics Partner for Extra Large AUV

The XLAUV’s adaptable design can be configured to conduct operations like anti-submarine warfare, electronic warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

Sep 15, 2023
Greensea IQ: A Unified Vision for Ocean Robotics

The newly restructured Greensea IQ brings together Greensea Systems, Inc., Bayonet Ocean Vehicles, Inc. and Armach Robotics, Inc., as a pioneering force in the use of uncrewed and autonomous ocean robotics

Sep 04, 2023
Official ‘Call for Papers’ for Oceanology International 2024

Oceanology International is set to return to London from 12th-14th March 2024, with prospective speakers invited to submit proposals by 12th September 2023

Sep 04, 2023
Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Begins Sea Trials

Cellula Robotics initial sea trials of Solus-XR Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) are designed to evaluate surface performance and autonomy, assessing the vehicle's capabilities in real-world maritime conditions

Sep 01, 2023
At-Sea Testing of UUV Digital Twin Prototype Completed

The digital twins for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) have been designed to help operators overcome undersea communication challenges and help both the operators and autonomous systems make better decisions

Aug 25, 2023
NOAA Orders HII REMUS 620 UUVs for High Resolution Mapping

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will use the REMUS 620 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for higher-resolution mapping of the Gulf of Mexico and its effort to restore seafloor habitats

Aug 21, 2023
Partnership for Deep-Sea Rugged Networking

BotBlox have unveiled the UbiSwitch ethernet switch, with Kystdesign set to provide the engineering necessary to qualify the networking appliance for use in deep-sea ventures

Aug 07, 2023
AUV Homing & Docking Solution from Underway Submarine

L3Harris and partners have successfully developed and integrated a homing and docking solution that enables the autonomous launch and recovery of an AUV from an underway submarine

Jul 31, 2023
New Maritime Autonomy Innovation Hub Opened

Exail has opened a new innovation hub at the University of New Hampshire that will be used to deliver increased operational advantage to U.S. civil and government autonomous marine operations

Jul 21, 2023
Pre-seed Funding Raised for Advanced AUV Inspection Technology

subdron is developing cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence to enable AUVs to autonomously sense and inspect underwater infrastructure such as port facilities and ship hulls

Jul 20, 2023
Most Read Articles on UST This Week

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Jul 14, 2023
Nauticus Contracted to Develop & Test Aquanaut AUV in Brazil

The contract consists of approximately two months of subsea inspection time and is believed to be one of the largest awarded contracts of its kind to date worldwide

Jul 10, 2023
Most Read Articles on UST This Week

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Jul 07, 2023
Collaboration to Develop Advanced Subsea LiDAR System

The partnership between Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and 3D at Depth aims to create the next generation of subsea lidar technology that can generate detailed high-resolution maps of underwater features

Jul 07, 2023
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