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Australia and New Zealand

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Australia and New Zealand are home to a range of unique subsea technologies and expertise.

Source: Greenroom Robotics

By Wendy Laursen s an island nation, Australia has one of the largest

GREENROOM ROBOTICS marine jurisdictions in the world and is responsible Hydrographic survey is very critical for a country like Australia, for around 4% of the world’s oceans. The nation is and we’re not keeping up with the pace of demand of having key

Aalso home to the world’s largest iron ore port, Port areas mapped, says Peter Baker, Director of Growth at Green-

Hedland, and the world’s largest coal port, Port of Newcastle. room Robotics. The company offers a software solution for au- tonomous navigation that is suitable for new and existing USVs and workboats. The solution can increase utilization of these plat-

Greenroom Robotics navigation system forms by enabling them to undertake autonomous assignments.

Using small autonomous craft for hydrographic survey can

GAMA displayed on a handheld tablet. improve accuracy and dramatically reduce fuel consumption, and Baker is seeing much wider acceptance and adoption of autonomous systems in Australia’s maritime domain. In May, a USV developed by EGS Australia successfully completed its