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Five Min Minutes With Tim Taylor, Tiburon Subsea (Image: Tiburon Subsea)

OceanServer AUV for Tiburon

Tiburon Subsea took delivery of OceanServer IVER3-580 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the ? rst of multiple vehicles being offered for rent to third party operators. Tiburon

Subsea is implementing extensive vehicle speci? c AUV training programs and offering full operator support services with all its AUV rentals. Tiburon Subsea provides global underwa- ter technology rental, training and support services with a focus on AUVs. The IVER3-580 is equipped with L3 Klein 3500 bathymetric/side scan and Marine Magnetics-Explorer magne- tometer. out into the commercial sector. Going beyond military ap- ? eet of smaller AUV’s will evolve. Allowing one person/team plications and making autonomous equipment available on a to launch four to eight vehicles at one time. Think of the area timely reliable basis is our focus. With these tools available that can be covered in a short time. When disaster strikes the to marine companies on a reliable basis, the possibilities and faster a survey can be done, the faster recovery can begin.

advantages will really be evident. Streamlining as much as possible so the marine service pro- vider can focus on the job rather that the many details. No lead

Describe Tiburon’s current AUV ? eet.

time, comprehensive training and continuing education, 24/7

The ? rst vehicle is off the line now; the next ? ve systems are ? eld and technical support, redundancy, international equip- in the pipe line. We expect a total of six high-end 200m bathy- ment passports (carnets), bonds and insurance already in place metric, side scan with payload options that include magne- are just a few of the bene? ts of contracting our AUV systems.

tometer, camera, side scan sonar and bathymetric sonar by the end of the year. It should be said that every ? eet needs op- By market, what do you see as the big drivers erators. We are also developing training and certi? cation pro- for AUV use today and in the coming years?

grams along with ? eld support that will allow us to put these Two words: Energy & Enviromental systems in the hands of engineering companies with quali? ed personnel.

What technologies do you think have helped to evolve the use and capability of AUVs the most

We understand that you have a plan for mak- in recent years.

ing AUV’s quickly and easily accessible to an Integration and miniaturization of payloads by third par- international clientele through your company’s ties. Navigation solutions have allowed the smaller AUV’s rental ? eet, training programs and operators. to evolve into practice tools. Overcoming navigation issues

Client de? ned vehicles. We keep an open eye on the market has always been a factor in all underwater robotic endeavors. needs as well as the businesses that are using our systems. We We have several commercial navigation solutions that will want to provide the equipment and payloads that the end client be rolled out in near future that will be included in all our needs. In effect, the market will help de? ne the speci? c equip- systems. In fact, with this in mind, we are future-proo? ng ment that we offer. Our future ? eet makeup will be deter- our ? eet and building all our initial systems with 200m depth mined in large part by utilization. An example: if post disaster ratings and space to accommodate the added systems on the survey of waterways for obstructions is a strong demand, a horizon.

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