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Hydromea’s technology can be deployed at 6,000m depth and can send up to 10Mbps, enabling real-time HD video stream within a distance of 50-100m.

Over the last 12 months it has commercially launched its patent-pending optical wireless modem LUMA X that is ca- pable of sending up to 10Mpbs across 50-100m at the depths down to 6,000m, all in a compact form factor the size of a soda can and titanium housing. This is the ? rst step in dis- tributed network systems underwater. Also, it has tested its

Hydromea https://hydromea.com prototype of what it calls the world’s ? rst wireless underwa- ter drone. The prototype was showcased in its own pool in

Based in Renens, Switzerland and led by Igor Martin, Hy- May 2021. This project is co-funded by the Net Zero Tech- dromea is a 10-person company designed to disrupt the un- nology Center and sponsored by Total Energies. The drone derwater inspection and monitoring market with its minia- can be controlled and send HD video data in real time back turized technology. The company’s products are designed to to the pilot without any tether attached. The drone is initially reduce the cost of inspections (up to 90%), eliminate safety going to be deployed in con? ned ? ooded spaces. It features risks associated with people entering into con? ned spaces our patented thruster technology (DiskDrive), has a number for inspections, and provide an ad-hoc inspection tool for of autonomous features built-in and has a slim pro? le for emergencies and reduce CO2 emissions in the offshore ener- accessing tight spaces.

Blue Robotics www.bluerobotics.com Since its founding in 2014, Blue Robotics’ mission has been to provide low-cost, high-quality components for marine ro- botics. Starting with the T100 and T200 Thrusters, its prod- uct line has now grown to over 250 enabling components.

Led by Rustom Jehangir, Torrance, CA-based Blue Robot- ics has rapidly grown to 50 employees with a product line spanning a wide range of technology areas with a common theme of cost-consciousness and innovative design. Its core technology is its patented thruster design, which is compact, inherently pressure tolerant, and more affordable than other thrusters on the market. In addition to its thrusters, Blue

Robotics have actuators, watertight enclosures, buoyancy foam, sensors, lights, cables, control system electronics, sonars, and our ? agship product, the BlueROV2 subsea ve- hicle. The BlueROV2 is designed to be the most affordable and capable mini-ROV in the world, and it has several ex- pansion options including additional thrusters for 6-degree- of-freedom maneuvering capability, a tether spool, and a low-cost single-function manipulator. In the last year, Blue

Robotics added the WetLink Penetrator, a game-changing product for creating high-pressure cable pass throughs for subsea applications. It was proven to have extreme reliabil- ity by subjecting thousands of sample articles to harsh envi- ronment conditions and pressure cycling. 30 September/October 2021

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