The Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT’s) Gwyn Griffiths Award for Underwater Robotics has been won by Rustom “Rusty” Jehangir, founder and CEO of Blue Robotics, an ocean technology company based in Torrance, California.
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The MATE ROV World Championship will take place June 23 to 25 at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California.
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Greensea Systems Inc. has launched spin-off company Armach Robotics to capitalize on Greensea’s digital expertise by offering a subscription-model robotic hull cleaning system using autonomy, intelligence and data fusion.
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The MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge for AI and robotics related to safety and security is open for registration until December 30.
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The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is providing €12 million as part of the Maritime Research Program for the development of a novel autonomous submersible robotics system that will enable autonomous monitoring of underwater installations in the deep sea with a significantly reduced carbon footprint, without the need for costly support vessels. The funding decision was announced
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As part of Deep Trekker’s “Think Tank Friday” series, “Robotics for Effective and Efficient Vessel Inspections,” which was released in June, features experts discussing how robotics can be used to visually inspect hulls. Shipyard managers talk about using ROVs to perform block checks during drydocking, inspect hulls and running gear, monitor ports, and glean helpful information on equipment failure. Watch
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