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Argeo & Trond Crantz

Argeo, formed in 2017, and its CEO Trond Crantz are on a autonomous systems, surface and subsurface, stitched together mission to transform the ocean surveying and inspection in- with Argeo Scope, which allows us to seamlessly project data dustry via autonomous surface and underwater robotics solu- from the data acquisition platform into a cloud-based system.

tions. The company has created a succession of innovations Of particular interest is it’s decision to utilize differing AUV in the surface and underwater vessel sector, plus its digital platforms, the Kongsberg Hugin and the Teledyne Marine Sea platforms and patented electromagnetic sensor systems. Raptor, as Crantz explained.

Powered by 50+ employees and four AUVs (a pair of Tele- “The ? rst AUV we bought was a Hugin system, as we have dyne SeaRaptor 6000s and a Kongsberg Hugin 6000), Argeo a good relationship with Kongsberg, and they have a lot also commercialized its ? rst USV too, to cover the near shore of experience: the system is proven. But we also wanted a shallow water, typical offshore wind market. slightly different system [Teledyne SeaRaptor], one which

While its management team spent most of its career in the oil was more of an open-source setup; one where we can choose and gas business – and today the majority of Argeo’s business the systems, and the integrators, and the sensors, one that we is found in the traditional energy sector – Crantz said the tide foresaw with the product development that we are ourselves is changing. “We are seeing a signi? cant uptick in offshore doing on geo-robotics. It’s a slightly different concept, in wind business as well, especially in Europe, but also in the terms of how it’s put together and how it can be used. Both

US,” said Crantz in an interview earlier this year with MTR. are capable of diving down to 6,000 meters water depth. So “And then, we are probably one of very few companies who it’s trying to be a bit more agnostic than the ordinary com- can maybe contribute both on an environmental side, and the pany, allowing us to have a bit of play in terms of what we geological assessment side in terms of the deepsea mineral are developing on our own front, connecting that with our market, which is also coming strong and steady.” digital platform, Argeo Scope.”

Central to its present and future is the seamless application of Innovation lies at the heart of Argeo. “Bringing new sensor 16 September/October 2023

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