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OCEAN BUSINESS ROUND UP ¯ Klein Marine Systems ¯ Exail ¯ Boxfish Robotics

Klein Marine Systems has selected the Box? sh Robotics announced the ¯ Fugro and Spoor

Exail Octans Nano OEM Attitude and launch of its ? rst generation of fully

Heading Reference System (AHRS) as autonomous tetherless hovering Box- the standard navigation solution for their ? sh AUV (Hovering Autonomous Un- 5900 Side Scan Sonar (SSS). The Klein derwater Vehicle). The Box? sh AUV 5900 SSS is known for its high-resolu- is equipped with Box? sh’s latest pro- tion seabed mapping capabilities, sup- prietary autonomy software. The AUV porting critical tasks such as geophysical supports benthic photogrammetry work, surveys, wreck detection, and the identi- seabed mapping, coral reef and arti? cial ? cation of unexploded ordnance (UXO). coral reef monitoring, coral bleaching studies, ? sh studies, and invasive spe-

The Exail Octans Nano OEM AHRS cies studies. The Box? sh AUV oper- offers a heading accuracy of 0.5° secant ates without a tether at depths of up to renewable energy projects. The solution latitude, and pitch and roll accuracy of 600 meters, with future enhancements uses video cameras installed on Fugro’s

SEAWATCH® Wind Lidar and other 0.1°, ensuring stable and precise attitude planned to reach 1000 meters. The Box- and heading data. The system’s compact ? sh AUV can carry a number of sensors metocean buoys to record bird activity at wind farm locations. Spoor’s computer vi- design and low power consumption al- to measure water quality and take high- low for seamless integration into subsea quality video complemented by stereo sion and AI software then analyses these recordings to quickly and accurately iden- platforms, making it ideal for extended cameras for ? sh census surveys.

tify bird species. The launch of this new underwater missions where precise atti- bird-monitoring solution was successfully tude data is critical. Fugro and Spoor signed a memoran- tested at Hywind Tampen offshore wind dum of understanding (MOU) to develop a farm in the Norwegian North Sea.

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