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2D imaging sonar selected by National University of Singapore’s Bumblebee AUV Robotics Team

M900-90 2D

Multibeam

Imaging Sonar

Teledyne BlueView supported Na- been taking part in the Singapore Auton- This year, BBAUV has designed and de- tional University of Singapore’s (NUS) omous Underwater Vehicle Challenge veloped a new vehicle, the Bumblebee

Bumblebee Autonomous Underwa- (SAUVC) and ONR’s International Ro- 3.0, and one of the main enhancements ter Vehiclle (BBAUV) team with the boSub Competition held in San Diego, is the addition of the new M900 imag-

M900-90 multibeam imaging sonar. and plans to take part in RobotX this ing sonar. This will double the ? eld of

BBAUV designs and builds water based year to be held in Hawaii. view (FOV) and the range and azimuth autonomous vehicles for competition BBAUV managed to clinch second resolutions, and its compact form fac- and research purposes, and to help place amongst 40 international teams tor will allow the vehicle to be more bolster student interest in engineering, at RoboSub 2015, in part, due to the streamlined. www.blueview.com since its founding in 2012. BBAUV has P450-E imaging sonar used last year.

TRIAXYS Wave Buoy Features

AIS Aid to Navigation

AXYS Technologies announced the addition of AIS vessel tracking to its signature wave buoy series, TRIAXYS. The

SRT Chronos Aid to Navigation (AtoN) AIS is an IALA and IEC compliant device that broadcasts buoy position and weather information to local vessel traf? c. This new feature both protects the buoy from collision by notifying vessels of its whereabouts and can also act as an additional telemetry method, providing data within radio range.

www.axystechnologies.com

Photo: Caley Ocean Systems Photo: BlueView

Linear Cable Engine for

Rapid Telecoms Cable Lay

Caley Ocean Systems has developed a high speed linear cable engine (LCE) for telecoms cable laying. Operating at speeds up to 10 knots, the fully containerized Caley LCE can handle cable diameters from 16mm to 50mm and re- peaters up to 450mm, and be used on either a standalone basis or in series to handle the extra loads when deploying cable in deepwater. It includes a built-in hydraulic power pack and touch screen controls.

www.caley.co.uk

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