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Innovative new products, technologies and concepts

Renewable Energy

WaveRoller Tested

A ? rst-of-a-kind commercially-ready offshore wave power generation device is soon to be completed thanks to the experts from Finnish- based wave energy technology developer AW-

Energy. The team has deployed its WaveRoller device offshore at Peniche, a seaside municipal-

New Seabed ity and a city in Portugal. Extended sea trials are being used to ? ne-tune the WaveRoller’s control

Classi? cation system to maximize its performance and yield.

Engineers are also monitoring the device’s per-

Software

Photo: Coda Octopus formance using the company’s next generation

Coda Octopus released the beta version of its software package for monitoring software which can be used to re- automated seabed classi? cation. Integrated within the Survey Engine motely access the device by any of the engineers range, the software automatically interprets users’ sidescan sonar from anywhere in the world and at any time, data to detect and classify different seabed types. The seabed classi? - to help assess and manage the performance of cation module uses AI-based methods to detect and classify seabeds

WaveRoller.

in both type and geopgraphical extent from sidescan sonar data.

The extent boundaries are instantly visible to the user for validation

WaveRoller towed in to position off the and QC and can then be exported for use in chart and map genera- coast at Peniche in Portugal.

tion, direct import to the users chosen GIS platform, or for further processing. Within Survey Engine, the seabed type boundaries are stored using the GeoKit feature set allowing them to be manually ed- ited, reported or supplemented if required. The boundary generation process automatically creates nodes in a way that avoids any gaps between adjacent seabed types which is vital for contiguous seg- mentation and reporting. The software also displays closed boundary areas as colored polygons helping to identify and distinguish these seabed types, particularly useful to visualize those areas completely surrounded by other seabed types. Currently, Seabed Classi? cation

Beta is programmed to recognize six different types of seabed com- positions. This Seabed Classi? cation package is fully extensible and speci? c types can be added on request.

AW-Energy

BlueROV2 Surface Power

Torrance-based Blue Robotics announced its newest product, the Outland Technology Power

Supply for the BlueROV2, which was devel- oped and manufactured by Outland Technology of Slidell, Louisiana. The Outland Technology

Power Supply (OTPS) provides a solution to power the BlueROV2 through the tether cable, eliminating the need for batteries and allowing it to be operated inde? nitely. The OTPS is avail- able immediately from Blue Robotics, starting at $11,300 for a complete system.

BlueROV

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