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Blue Trail Engineering www.bluetrailengineering.com Blue Trail Engineering was founded over a year ago, and in that short time has become a key player in the marine robotics industry. Its Cobalt Series miniature waterproof connectors and cables are designed to offer high reliability at a fraction of the size and cost. In addi- tion, it produces thrusters for small ASVs and AUVs. In

December 2019, Blue Trail Engineering introduced the

Cobalt Series of connectors and cables, beginning with 3-pin and 6-pin versions. In May of 2020, it expanded the Cobalt Series with a 4-pin high-current version. In

June of 2020, it added an 8-pin version and started pro-

Aleron Subsea viding cables with twisted-pair wiring for USB and Eth- www.aleron-group.com ernet applications.

Aleron Subsea was founded in 2009, becoming fully operational in 2014. ROVQUIP joined the group in 2014 and is now a key ROV tooling supplier. Aleron has a range of in-house and third-party tooling and have been awarded several scopes for manufacturing skid packages and supplying tooling spreads. Aleron Subsea has built specialist ROV’s that have assisted in unique renewable projects globally, like its TRACKROV and AUXROV, and in 2020, it launched a new 300HP MultiROV system.

BeeX Autonomous Systems www.beex.sg

BeeX is reportedly the ? rst in Asia to manufacture its own hoover-capable AUVs and deploy them off USVs, all controlled with proprietary distributed software. Its vehi- cles are designed with an autonomy-? rst concepts, and it has evolved from humble beginnings as an undergraduate robotics team from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Established as a ground-up initiative in 2012, the

Dynuatics Ltd team, named BumbleBee, participated in competitions www.dynautics.com funded by the US Of? ce of Naval Research. Six months

Dynautics has operated in the marine sector for more ago, it was awarded a grant by the Singapore government than 20 years, most recently focused on UUV and to provide capital to design and build a two-man portable

USV’s. When customers demand a product in double and hoover-capable AUV. Named A.IKANBILIS, the ve- quick time, you have to step up and take the challenge. hicle will be released for pilots in August 2020.

That is what happened when the U.S. Navy wanted a speci? c UUV. USN had a tight speci? cation and Dynau- tics had the simulation software (AUV SIM) and control and guidance technology with the Underwater Spectre ? rmware and hardware to make it a fair ? ght. Combin- ing these tools, tech and rapid prototyping techniques, the products were delivered, tested and accepted within 100 days, start to ? nish.

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