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Brazilian startup Tidewise has been with more open architecture for de- tion (when at the surface) allows for velopment work to increase capability the accurate transfer of data. The uOne making in-roads into USV-based op- erations. Co-founded in 2019, by a and remote operations. But AI will also is also equipped with ? ve cameras for play a role, says Rafael, for things like stereoscopic SLAM-based navigation naval architect and a robotics special- ist, it launched its ? rst USV, the 4.95 spotting blade defects. and photo & video capture for real-

For using a larger ROV and being time CV and data analysis thanks to the m Tupan, the same year. It initially able to integrate more sensor payloads, GPU-powered internal computing unit. developed a UAV-hosting capabil- ity, primarily for oil spill detection, Tidewise is developing a larger USV. In addition, the modular design allows for additional sensors such as depth for Repsol Sinopec. But this year, for

UWARE ROBOTICS (CTD), temperature, acidity, pH, re-

Belgium’s Elia, it demonstrated visual uWare Robotics is a European deep dox, turbidity, etc., providing the user inspection capability for offshore wind substations, alongside mulitibeam data tech startup that was founded on the with a complete overview of the area collection, to assess the subsea cables, premise of optimizing the way in which being inspected or monitored. and lidar, to create a point cloud of the underwater data can be gathered, pro- Its software suite includes a mission cessed and accessed. It designed its planner with drag and drop GPS based structure.

In Tidewise’s sights is foundation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, the interface, a mission monitoring system uOne, for maximum mobility, stabil- that allows users to send new com- and turbine base inspection, says co- founder and director Rafael Coelho. ity, cost-effectiveness, and autonomy. mands to the uOne and receive live

In deeper water, moorings and ? oating It works in conjunction with state-of- status updates, and a proprietary data structure inspection, similar to FPSO the-art software system to plan, moni- platform that employs ML and CV to uWILD (underwater inspection in lieu tor, visualize and analyze the missions. provide automated 2D and 3D map of drydocking), Tidewise is targeting You do not need to be an engineer, generation, intelligent visual inspection diver, marine biologist or data scien- (e.g. pollution spotting, infrastructure in Brazil. For this it’s working on in- tist to gather intelligible and frequent anomaly detection, etc.), and environ- tegrating a DeepTrekker Evolution in- spection ROV into its USV for up to data on your blue economy application mental and biodiversity data analysis. with uWare’s systems, and in effect, the Communication during missions is es- ~75m deep.

This is due to be demonstrated in company is setting out to democratize tablished via our uBuoy, utilizing our

February 2023, with visual and CP access to underwater data. proprietary acoustic communication

The uOne Autonomous Underwater system, the uCom.

measurements. But it’s also targeting thermal inspection and close visual Vehicle (AUV), hardware comprised Within one year it aims to be ready for inspection of the blades and turbines of eight vectored thrusters allowing for full commercialization for the uOne, its using a UAV and high optical zoom six degrees of freedom in movement. ? rst light AUV model. The ? rst market

The proprietary acoustic communica- batch to be sold will be between 50 and camera.

For the UAV, it’s been using a DGI tion system allows for wireless inter- 100 units at a price point of $18,000 to action underwater at up to 500m range $30,000 depending on the exact model.

M600, but Coelho says smaller sys-

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