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RoweTech Launches SeaSEVEN ADCP

In 2010, Fran Rowe founded RoweTech and leads the company that is developing the next generation of Doppler measurement tools.

RoweTech has now designed a new ADCP that contains the fea- tures of RoweTech’s dual frequency ADCP and its wave measure- ment ADCP SeaWAVE. Additionally, this new product named Sea-

SEVEN has all the features of RoweTech’s standard ADCP’s, which include 24-bit front end A/D converter, multi-mode and multi-mis- sions, high ping rates, high capacity data storage and high speed serial and Ethernet data comms interface. These standard ADCP features allow total control over each beam, beam pair, Janus beams and 3-D pro? ling. RoweTech’s new product has two pairs of three beams splayed around the vertical beam. It has 60º azimuths be- tween the beams and a 20º elevation, which allows the SeaSEVEN to make measurements never before available from a traditional three, four or ? ve beam current pro? ler. SeaSEVEN is also able to make the basic measurements of Doppler shift, echo intensity, cor- relation, depth and temperature at a high speed [10+ Hz] and store it on up to 64 GByte of memory. Researchers now have the ability to achieve applications which have been dif? cult or impossible with standard ADCPs.

www.rowetechinc.com

RoweTech

CoPilot Retro? tted onto

Falcon ROV

SeeByte announced that Heriot-Watt University has inte- grated CoPilot with its Seaeye Falcon 1256, an observation- class ROV. With assistance from Heriot-Watt University’s

Ocean Systems Laboratory personnel, the SeeByte team

Aquabotix integrated and tuned the system to operate with a Teledyne

RDI Workhorse Navigator 600 KHz DVL. The work was

Aquabotix Debuts New conducted over a two day period including testing in Heriot-

Inspection Class Mini ROV

Watt University’s wave tank. This con? guration can be used

Aquabotix is making a push further into the commercial with other Seaeye Falcon systems. CoPilot is an advanced, sector courtesy of its new ROV dubbed Endura, with pricing easy-to-use, plug-and play software that makes piloting any starting at $17,000. The Endura was engineered for depend-

ROV a much simpler task. CoPilot permits pilot controlled ability and functionality across a wide range of underwa- auto-transit and stop-and-hover, while providing automated ter applications, designed for ease of use. According to the sonar tracking and movement relative to a target. CoPilot is manufacturer it is ready for the water in three minutes, basic easily retro? tted to any ROV system, but is also available driver competency is developed in about three hours with from the factory with VideoRay, Seatronics and SMD. professional pro? ciency achieved in three days. www.seebyte.com .

www.Aquabotix.com

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