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Schilling Robotics, Inc. 201 Cousteau Place

Davis, Calif. 95618-5412

Tel: 530-753-6718

E-mail: [email protected] www.schilling.com

CEO & President: Philip Otto

Marketing VPs: Wes Gerriets and Jason Stanley

Sales VPs: Wes Gerriets and Jason Stanley

Engineering VP: Steven Callori

Facilities: Davis, California; Houston, Texas; Aberdeen, U.K.

Square footage: 75,370 square feet (total, all locations)

Testing facilities: in-ground test tank

Number of employees: 300

Since its founding in 1985, Schilling Robotics has designed and manufactured remotely operated equipment for underwater environments. The company's initial products were remote manipulator systems. More than 20 years later, the company continues to specialize in the design, development, manufacture, and field service of remotely operated systems. Products now include electric and hydraulic work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and subsea control systems that integrate control, communication, and actuation in underwater packaging.

The Schilling Robotics staff specializes in the design, development, manufacture, and field service of remotely operated systems. Engineering specialties include control systems, equipment packaging for marine environments, high-pressure hydraulics, system-level design, system micro-miniaturization, high-speed digital electronics, communications, data acquisition, robotics, power trans- mission, and precision machining.

The company has a comprehensive support system, and with the largest field service team of any ROV manufac- turer, Schilling Robotics can support clients on site, 24 hours a day, with factory-trained technicians experienced in operations and technical support. Schilling's support system includes a 24-hour telephone hotline support by qualified technical staff; full spares and service support based in the U.S. and U.K., with manipulator spares and service also based in Norway; detailed technical manuals with full part lists, engineering drawings, and schematics; instant on-line access to up-to-date technical manuals and service bulletins; and a web-based customer feedback sys- tem. Privately-owned Schilling Robotics is headquartered in Davis, California, U.S.A., with regional offices in

Aberdeen, U.K., and Houston, Texas. Technology Profile:

Schilling Robotics produces the Remote Systems Engine (RSE), a set of modular equipment items for underwater propulsion, actuation, control, and communication.

Standard products include a family of electric and hydraulic ROVs, an ROV simulator for training and mis- sion planning, and four remote manipulator systems. All

Schilling ROVs are based on RSE building blocks. The

UHD is an ultraheavy-duty work-class ROV with power pack options of 150 and 200 hp. It produces an unmatched combination of vertical and horizontal thrust, and can direct full system power to tooling or propulsion as required. The EHD electric ROV, which delivers per- formance equivalent to a 100-hp system, offers speed, simplicity, small size, light weight, and exceptional capa- bility. All Schilling ROVs use advanced intelligence for automatic control modes (heading, depth, altitude, atti- tude, StationKeep, and AutoTrack). Schilling's Digital

Telemetry System (DTS) provides telemetry and power control for virtually any remotely operated sys- tem. It accommodates serial, video, and

Ethernet data, allowing extremely flexible setup and control of cameras, lights, and instruments.

The DTS is suited for any subsea (full-ocean depth) or hazardous environment. Schilling offers four standard telerobotic manipulator sys- tems (TITAN 4, CONAN, ORION, and

RigMaster) with a wide range of functions, sizes, lift capacities, and control systems. In the seven- function, titanium TITAN 4, all subsea elec- tronics are inside the manipulator arm, which increases reliability, enhances troubleshooting, and decreases weight and spares requirements.

Schilling also provides spare parts, mainte- nance/repair services, and operations/mainte- nance training for all of its products.

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