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Soundnine Blue Robotics EdgeTech lights and enclosures targeted towards releases, shallow water and long life

Sea? oor Systems commercial, research and hobbyist ap- acoustic releases and customized un- Sea? oor Systems, Incorporated, a pro- plications. Its recently released Blu- derwater acoustic command and control vider of specialized survey equipment to eROV2 brings these products together systems. the Hydrographic and Geophysical Sur- into one of the most affordable and Booth: 41 (Portola Plaza) vey community, will conduct live dem- capable subsea vehicles on the market. www.edgetech.com onstrations of its EchoBoat-ASV with

Featuring six thrusters in a vectored integrated multibeam echosounder dur- con? guration, HD video streaming, a ing the Oceans ’16 Exhibition.

Schmidt Ocean Institute 100m depth rating, and open-source On August 15, 2016 Schmidt Ocean The customizable, portable, au- software and hardware, the BlueROV2 Institute completed its sea trials in Guam, tonomous and remotely controlled is suited for inspection, research, aqua- testing its new ROV SuBastian, which is EchoBoat-ASV survey vehicle will be culture and many more applications. designed to go to depths of 4,500m and integrated with a NORBIT iWBMBc—

More than 100 units have been sold in will be used by scientists to investigate Compact Widebeam Multibeam Sonar, the ? rst two months since release. In the the ocean, deploying and recovering with integrated INS/GNSS and real- coming months, Blue Robotics will re- equipment as well as conducting photo- time sound velocity probe.

lease a number of accessories, sensors mosaicing, sample collection, sea? oor Sea? oor’s EchoBoat-ASV includes and features for the BlueROV2 in a con- mapping and seawater characterization. the proprietary AutoNav, an auto pilot tinued effort to make it the most capable The ROV weighs 6,500 lbs. and has two module which allows the user to preplan vehicle on the market. 4K ultra-high de? nition pan-zoom-tilt survey waypoints, upload via RF to the

Booth: 604 (Monterey Marriott) cameras designed for performing sci- vehicle and have it automatically carry www.bluerobotics.com enti? c video acquisition, which will get out the mission without user input. The live-streamed via YouTube. The ulti- system also provides the ability to man-

EdgeTech mate goal is to provide critical data that ually override auto pilot mode as well as is open-sourced and free to the public. a return to base function.

EdgeTech is celebrating “50 Years in Schmidt Ocean Institute plans to return The boat features dual-DC motors for

Underwater Technology” this year, and to Guam in November with research ease of control and redundancy, noncor- the company will be exhibiting many vessel Falkor and ROV SuBastian for a rosive materials, an integral transducer of its well-known products and solu- one week science veri? cation cruise led well and multi-sensor payload capabil- tions at Oceans 2016. The company is by a team of expert biologists and geolo- ity. It allows the hydrographic surveyor known worldwide for its high quality gists. The veri? cation cruise will be fol- to reliably and effectively tackle multi- products which include side scan so- lowed by the ? rst research cruise with beam surveys in shallow waters or dif- nars, sub-bottom pro? lers, bathymetry the ROV. This expedition will return to ? cult to reach areas when conventional systems, AUV, USV and ROV-based so- the Mariana Back-Arc with SuBastian survey boats are not an option. nar systems, combined and customized to collect samples and investigate geo- Booth: 404 (Monterey Marriott) solutions. In addition to the full line of logic activity on hydrothermal vents that www.sea? oorsystems.com underwater survey products, EdgeTech the institute discovered last year.

provides reliable USBL systems, tran- Booth: 605 (Monterey Marriott)

Polymer Corporation sponder beacons, deep sea acoustic www.schmidtocean.org Polymer Corporation, based in Rock- www.marinetechnologynews.com

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