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Teledyne

Benthos

SeaROVER

Teledyne SeaBotix

SeaBotix Inc. was founded in 2001 and over the years a num-

Teledyne Benthos ber of cutting edge engineering designs were introduced.

There have been numerous applications for the SeaBotix ROV

Samuel O. Raymond founded benthos in 1962. Initially the line including offshore oil and gas, inshore coastal surveys, company focused on supplying underwater equipment to the maritime security, scienti? c research and commercial inspec- military, government, and scienti? c community. In the early tions. The SeaBotix vLBC is a revolutionary approach to ship 1990s market dynamics changed and the company shifted pri- hull and infrastructure inspections for a wide range of military orities to meet the needs of the growing commercial markets and commercial applications. With no magnets or thrusters such as the geophysical industry. In 1999 Benthos acquired (churning the water, impeding visibility), SeaBotix Crawlers the products of Datasonics, Inc. a maker of geophysical sur- employ the patented Vortex Generator to attach to any rela- vey equipment, underwater modems and locator devises. In tively ? at, hard surface with 22 kgf (48 lbf) of attraction force. 2006, Benthos was acquired by Teledyne Technologies Incor-

With no relative motion between the inspection surface and porated and is now known as Teledyne Benthos. the sensors, output data is the highest quality possible and op-

The SeaROVER ROV is a compact open frame design. The erator fatigue is greatly reduced. The patented Crawler Skid is open frame allows for the ROV to carry sensors in an opti- attached to a standard vLBV300 MiniROV in minutes, con- mized position for best ? ight stability. The system includes verting it from a 4-axis ROV to a 5-axis hull and infrastructure the SeaROVER ROV, topside control unit, hand box controller crawler. In November of 2014 Teledyne Technologies Incor- and cable, as well as rugged shipping cases. porated acquired SeaBotix. The company is now known as

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