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Robert Rebori,

CEO/President

SEA MACHINES ROBOTICS

The Case:

Sea Machines is revolutionizing and modernizing the commercial marine industry by developing autonomous

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The Case: and other commercial vessels. Available for installation

Scienco/FAST Inc. or Marine FAST is the oldest and now, our industry-leading autonomous-command and leading U.S. manufacturer of shipboard sewage treatment remote-control products increase the safety, ef? ciency and systems or as known in the marine world as Marine Sanita- performance of marine operations. Sea Machines also en- tion Devices (MSD’s) equipment for commercial marine ables minimally manned and unmanned autonomous op- use. The ? rm designs, engineers and manufactures all sys- erations, ideal when crews are unavailable or restricted.

tems in house. Never resting on its laurels, Scienco/FAST strives to be leaders and innovators in the industry. The Company:

Sea Machines is a leader in pioneering autonomous

The Company: control and advanced perception systems for the mari-

Scienco/FAST has customers that have purchased the time industry. Founded in 2015, the company builds au- sturdy Marine/FAST sewage treatment systems for use tonomous vessel software and systems, which increases the mainly in their workboats and tugs, but have several on safety, ef? ciency and performance of ships, workboats and

Carriers, Tankers, Barges, and other types of vessels and off- commercial surface vessels. shore platforms. Too voluminous to list in this article, the

Scienco/FAST client and install list since 1968 spans 36 Primary Product / Service: pages, thousands of systems, and reads like “who’s who” of Sea Machines’ SM series of products includes the SM200 domestic inland operators, with dozens of repeat clients. In (available now), an Industrial-grade, remote control navigation fact, the list of installs, which Scienco/FAST updates daily, capable of interfacing with pumps, winches and other equip- includes some of the biggest names in the marine business, ment. This is ideal for workboats, tugboats, ? reboats and util- such as ARTCO, ACBL, Ingram Barge, Military Sealift ity craft. The SM300 (available now), provides autonomous

Command, US Corps of Engineers, USCG, US Navy in- and remote control operability for pre-planned, routine or cluding two Aircraft Carriers, the Canadian Royal Navy predictable workboat tasks. This is ideal for workboats, patrol and Coast Guard, American Steamship to name just a few. and daughter craft. The SM400 (in development) is an A.I.-

The ? rm is a manufacturer of sewage treatment systems powered situational awareness, using computer vision, LiDAR (MSD’s) for commercial vessels. The MarineFAST LX-Series, and perception software; ideal for commercial and naval ships.

originally developed for small harbor tugs, uses DOT certi? ed salvage drums and overpacks. The HDPE and XLPE tanks are Recent Highlights / Deliveries / Contracts so strong that they lower the cost with no compromise in per- It has been a busy year for Sea Machines. They partnered formance, strength or reliability. With easy installation, this with Hike Metal to Demonstrate Capabilities of Marine

Series have now grown to include six models with capacities Autonomy during Search-and-Rescue Missions. Separately, ranging from crew sizes of 4 to 39 people. The MarineFAST Sea Machines opened a new Technology Center in Boston.

M-& MX-Series was originally developed to ? t into the rope In another important development, Sea Machines estab- lockers and shaft alleys of small towboats. These modular lished a Global Dealer Program and, just as importantly, units can be installed wherever space is available. There are raised $10 Million in Series A Funding to the ensure the ? ve models with epoxy coated steel tanks and with capacities growth and success of the ? rm’s already impressive array of ranging from 11 to 80 people. www.sciencofast.com technology and hardware. https://sea-machines.com/

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