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Bluefin Robotics

Cambridge MA

Tel: (617) 715-7000

Email: info@ bluefinrobotics.com www.bluefinrobotics.com

President/CEO: David P. Kelly

Marketing Director/Sales Manager: Michael C. Donovan

Facility: Bluefin occupies two facilities in the greater Boston area. The main facility is a 37,000 sq. ft. headquarters on Putnam Avenue in Cambridge, MA which houses three floors of engineering, manufac- turing, and corporate administrative functions. Marine operation is based in East Boston, which provides

Bluefin with year-round ocean access for testing and sea trials. In fall 2010, the company will be moving to a new facility in Quincy, MA. The waterfront location will boast 65,000 square feet of space and fea- ture new test fixtures, flexible manufacturing bays and a collocated marine operations department.

Testing Capabilities: Four test tanks, machine shop, 58 ft boat, RHIB, 35 ton crane

Bluefin Robotics develops and manufactures

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), derivative sys- tems, and related technology. Since 1997, the company has provided AUVs for military, commercial (oil and gas survey and sea floor mapping) and scientific markets worldwide.

Bluefin became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Battelle

Memorial Institute in 2005.

Bluefin’s wide range of vehicles includes the Spray glid- er; the non-tethered Hovering Autonomous Underwater

Vehicle (HAUV) designed for ship hull inspection; and the BF Series of AUVs, available in a number of standard and customized configurations.

In addition, Bluefin’s product family includes propul- sion, navigation, and battery systems. All BF Series AUVs are designed for rapid swapping of pressure-tolerant bat- teries for safe, fast turnaround at sea.

Bluefin has licenses with Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

Bluefin-9 being launched from a RHIB in Boston Harbor.

The Bluefin-12 SMCM Inc. 2 vehicle. www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 41