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EverClean identi? es an object on the hull and EverClean crawls the hull, capturing condition approaches for detailed inspection. data tied to precise locations.

This challenge gives context to twenty years of software second version of this, and it is most signi? cant for a shipyard: development and illustrates how ? elded robotic hardware ac- Who is controlling the robot?

tually matters. Greensea IQ was founded in Vermont in 2006, EverClean’s grooming system was built as a service. Green- and its autonomous navigation and control software now runs sea IQ crews show up and operate the robot. For a ? eet owner on thousands of robotic systems across defense, science, and buying hull performance, this model makes sense. The soft- commercial work, from explosive ordnance disposal to sea- ware that allows the vehicle to be agile and carry a di? erent ? oor mapping. Two decades represent not just a timeline, but payload is the same software that allows a non-Greensea IQ a volume of hypotheses, tests, failures, and lessons carried crewmember to operate it.

back into the product. This is intentional. An explosive ordnance disposal tech-

The robot is the hardware and the software is the intelli- nician is not a robot engineer, and neither is a survey crew gence, and that is what dictates whether the ? ve criteria can be aboard a research vessel. They are trained operators running met at all. Georeferenced observation is a navigation solution, someone else’s machine, often in remote locations. Software not a camera capability. Structured data depends on observa- written for that user must hold navigation without expert in- tions being logged as they are captured. A vehicle can only tervention and support an operator at a distance.

truly be modular and carry di? erent payloads if the software Greensea IQ is now developing EverClean as a self-hosted treats the payload as a variable. And the operator can only capability. A shipyard receives the robotic system, and Green- control the vehicle if the interface gives them a clear picture sea IQ experts train the yard operators and provide engineer- of what the robot sees. ing support, remotely.

EverClean is the proof of this con? gurable software matu- This direction aligns with the path that naval sustainment is rity. It is an active grooming vehicle in service today. It holds taking. The shipbuilding plan is clear about proprietary lock- hulls at their clean baselines while delivering the fuel and in on technical data, software, and sustainment information. emissions results that drove its development from day one. It commits to making the right to repair and expanding what

The capability for inspection was in the architecture from Sailors can do themselves. Creating the self-hosted operation the beginning. Greensea IQ builds inspection into the baseline of a vehicle that can capture a routine dataset provides a solu- of every robotic system it develops, so the sensing and the tion for these requirements.

data structure were already there. What changed was the re- quirement. When operators needed hull inspection as its own

The Result answer rather than a byproduct of grooming, the system did Once the hull produces a consistent condition record, pre- not have to be overhauled to provide it. diction becomes possible. Coating breakdowns become vis-

The vehicle can ? y the hull for broad survey, similar to a ible while the damaged areas are still minimal. Fouling pat- traditional ROV, but its crawling ability allows it to perform terns reveal which parts of the hull need attention. Anomalies close-contact detail work. It carries ? exible payloads rather that would otherwise wait for the next docking or pose secu- than being built around one. Greensea IQ has developed cus- rity risks appear sooner in reporting. On an asset that is so tom payload applications for speci? c measurement require- valuable operating in such an unforgiving environment, the ments, including hull thickness, and is continually developing standard for hull inspections must be higher than an episodic, con? gurations to solve industry problems as they arise. case-speci? c assessment.

Since July 2025, EverClean robots have logged 1,717 hours Proactive assessment is the di? erence between knowing on customer hulls with each one of these hours fed back into what a hull looks like and knowing what is really happening. the vehicle and the software. Greensea IQ has been building on this foundation for years.

The Other Side of a Flexible System

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