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Underwater Vehicle Annual: ROV, AUV, and UUVs
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Forum ROV Supports Renewables Projects
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. won an order to supply the University of Limerick with an ROV to support its sub- sea inspection and intervention work on renewable energy infrastructure. The University’s Mobile and Marine Robot- ics Research Centre (MMRRC) purchased the Sub-Atlantic
Comanche 2,000m Observation Class ROV and associated launch and recovery system for delivery in March 2017 under a MaREI Science Foundation Ireland infrastructure grant (15/
RI/3232). “To aid research, development and roll out marine renewable energy, it is vital that we can operate in the high energy wave, wind and tidal regimes of target sites and un- derstand the environment from an operational capability,” said
Dan Toal, Director MMRRC, University of Limerick. “Wind, waves and currents can make it an extremely dif
