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Hydromea, Unplugged Team

Hydromea partnered up with Unplugged, a Norwegian provider of inductive charging and data transfer technology, to develop a resident underwater drone system for continuous in- spection and monitoring of underwater assets. The partnership received $2.2m in grant funding, and the project will take 30 months to complete.

The partners aim to develop a robust, resi- dent drone solution with the initial focus on the aquaculture in- dustry.

Oceanbotics Debuts SRV-8X Optimus ROV

Oceanbotics launched its new, larger, underwater ROV, the

SRV-8X Optimus which the company said is a larger and more powerful version of its SRV-8 ROV. The SRV-8X Optimus of- fers offering signi? cant payload capabilities and an increased number of sensors for more demanding and deeper underwater missions.

The ROV is battery operated, permit- ting improved range and ease of move- ment (down to 500m depth). It also offers data synchronization with SubNav-X software for seamless integration of optional accessories and a “plug-n-play” instal- lation.

Type-Approval for Underwater Inspection Robot

Air Control Entech (ACE), a remote technology special- ist headquartered in Scotland, received class approval from

DNV for Hydromea’s EXRAY underwater inspection robot for

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Ocean Lander inspection robot spe-

COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS cialized in inspect- ing submerged areas.

Source: AirControl Entech Source: Oceanbotics Source: Hydromea, Unplugged

With the DNV class approval, ACE can now offer its clients certi? ed inspections of ? ooded spaces at offshore ? oating platforms, ensuring com- pliance with industry regulations and enhancing operational in- globaloceandesign.com tegrity.

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