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FIreman Lomax Hydroid Bags Japan AUV Order

ABS

TEMS International

Hydroid unmanned surface vessels (USVs). paratus can be mounted to the side of

Delivery of the ? rst USV, designed for a vehicle and con? gured to rotate, en- medium- to large-scale hydrographic abling an operator to have a completely survey applications, is scheduled for Q2 unobstructed 360-degree view in an un- 2019. derwater environment. This connector can also be used for mounting rotatable

Sensor Technology Expands underwater light sources.

Sensor Technology Ltd. has expanded its manufacturing to Nova Scotia at the RBR Opens Of? ce in China

Center for Ocean Ventures & Entrepre- RBR opened RBR China in Qingdao. neurship (COVE), a collaborative facil- RBR China is a wholly-owned foreign ity for applied innovation in the ocean enterprise under the direction of RBR sector. Sensor Technology provides cus- Ltd. (Canada) and has been established tom hydrophones and sensors to indus- to more ef? ciently support the growing tries including marine, ? sheries, defense customer base and collaborative busi-

Olis Robotics and oil and gas. ness development activities in China.

Following the grand-opening of RBR machine learning startup White Marsh

PGS Wins S. America Contract China at Oceanology International Forests (WMF). Olis, formerly Blu-

Norwegian seismic ? rm PGS entered in Qingdao, customers and parters in Haptics, has created a next-generation into a contract for a 3D survey in South China attended a technical workshop software platform built from the ground

America. PGS did not reveal the name of focused on advancement of understand- up that expands the capabilities of pilot- the client, but said the contract value is ing RBR sensors, loggers, software, and controlled service robots in the energy estimated to be in excess of $75 million. deployment best practices. and space sectors and other harsh oper-

The company plans to use two Ramform ating environments. The ? rm’s technol-

Titan-class vessels for an estimated to- ogy is designed to enable improvements

SGS Acquires Muldoon tal duration of approximately 13 vessel Commercial diving company Subsea in robotic dexterity, precision, ef? ciency months. Acquisition is scheduled to start Global Solutions (SGS) said it has ac- and overall mission success.

in the second half of November. quired Muldoon Marine Services (Mul-

Nexans Wins Hornsea 2 Deal doon), a commercial diving ? rm based

Aquabotix Gets U.S. Patent in Long Beach, Calif. Nexans secured a contract to supply of

UUV Aquabotix Ltd was granted a over 200 km of the high voltage alternat-

Olis Robotics Acquires

United States Patent for its Remotely ing current (HVAC) subsea export cable

Operated Vehicle Camera Apparatus. system for the near shore section of the

Machine Learning Startup

Aquabotix developed a fully rotatable Olis Robotics, developer of next-gen- world’s largest offshore wind farm. The camera apparatus for attachment to its eration remote robotics software, an- contract, from Danish developer Ørsted, own or other vehicles. The camera ap- nounced it has acquired Seattle-based is worth more than 150 million euros.

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