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ORE Catapult
HonuWorx and the Offshore Renew- able Energy (ORE) Catapult will soon demo a concept for a submers- ible mothership that the duo claims will make subsea robotics a sustainable and cost-effective solution for offshore wind farms. Funded by Innovate UK, the proj- ect will develop a submersible platform dubbed Ridley that will be designed to transport large robots and remote oper- ated vehicles (ROVs) to offshore sites, releasing them directly under the water.
A successful outcome to the project will inform HonuWorx’ roadmap towards its disruptive Loggerhead concept, which will use an autonomous mothership as a mobile power and communications hub for ROVs and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
Image courtesy SalMar ASA Image courtesy HonuWorx
Light Structures AS
Light Structures AS entered an agree- ment with SalMar ASA for delivery of a Fiber Bragg Grating technology (FBG)-based structural monitoring sys- tem for installation on the Ocean Farm 1 aquaculture facility, located in open water near Frohavet on Norway’s west coast. Ocean Farm 1 features six huge nets arranged in a circular ? oating struc- ture, with a total capacity for 1.6 million salmon. Light Structures will deliver a customized monitoring system using its
SENSFIBTM technology, alternative to traditional electro-mechanical monitor- ing designed to deliver better accuracy, dependability and adaptability.
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