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equipment for deep waters work? Our R&D process follows this order: IdentiÞ cation of business opportunities, research of the demand by possible clients, literature and market research of related technologies; brainstorming of concepts by our team; estimation of costs and deadlines, laboratory prototype development for testing of new concepts, mechanical and electronic projects in subsea engineering, prototype construction for Þ eld tests, revision of projects based of Þ eld test results, and Þ eld operation to vali- date the technology. What equipment do you use for deepwater ac- quisition, control and data transmission, and what are the challenges in real-time deepwater data transmission? Our equipment have optical interfaces for data trans- mission, through the ROV video camera and an electric inter- face via the ROV umbilical. The difÞ culty in real-time deepwater data transmission lies in signal attenuation due to the long length of the umbilical cable, which in ultra-deep waters and reach 3km, which many times requires the use of Þ ber optics. What are your plans for the future? The company plans are focused in Þ rming partner- ships with high-end companies in our segment in order to par- ticipate in large contracts and increase our team and industrial area.How does the ?Hot Stab Ativa? work and what are the advantages of your system over similar imported systems? The Hot Stab Ativa has compact dimensions and three hydraulic functions of 5000psi, magnetic coupling and a ß exible gauntlet that increase the connection operation reli- ability via ROV. How does your partnership with AC-ROV work? Ativatec is the distributor of AC-CESS (www.ac- O shore Interview Crab tool mounted on ROV arm April 201330 MTRMTR #3 (18-33).indd 30MTR #3 (18-33).indd 304/3/2013 11:55:11 AM4/3/2013 11:55:11 AM