Topic: Marine

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Yara Birkeland, Electric and Autonomous Container Ship, to Begin Testing in Norway

December 11, 2021 · The Yara Birkeland is the first fully electric and autonomous container vessel, according to battery maker Lechlanche, which collaborated with Yara International and Kongsberg Maritime.

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RE2 Robotics Receives U.S. Navy Funding for CLAMS System to Improve ROV Manipulation

November 16, 2021 · RE2 Robotics has received SBIR funding to improve and unify control of the RE2 Sapien Sea Class robot arms on the VideoRay Defender remotely operated vehicles for topside operators.

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MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge With $3M Prize Launches in Abu Dhabi

November 5, 2021 · In the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge, to be held by ASPIRE in the United Arab Emirates in June 2023, teams will deploy unmanned vehicles in a GNSS-denied environment.

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Saildrone Closes Series C Funding to Advance Ocean Data Systems

October 18, 2021 · Saildrone, which provides ocean data, mapping, and intelligence systems, has raised $100 million to grow its data-insight teams and go-to-market functions for science and defense markets.

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Timken Acquires Intelligent Machine Solutions to Expand Linear Motion Line With Industrial Robots

August 23, 2021 · Intelligent Machine Solutions, which makes floor-mounted, seventh-axis robotic transfer units, and gantry systems, will grow Timken's Rollon presence across industries.

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Flying Ship Technologies, PROBOTEK to Jointly Deliver Robotic Maritime Vessels

August 19, 2021 · Flying Ship Technologies plans to integrate PROBOTEK's software into its wing-in-ground-effect vessels for semi-autonomous, low-emissions deliveries, starting in Greece.

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Sea Machines Signs $3M Contract with Defense Department for Autonomous Supply Stations

August 5, 2021 · Sea Machines is working to deploy autonomous replenishment stations that would deploy self-propelled, ocean-going barges to resupply military aircraft.

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Buffalo Automation and Future Mobility Network Launch Autonomous Ferry Service in Europe

July 31, 2021 · Buffalo Automation is working with international partners to launch an autonomous robotaxi service that is different from others -- it's a ferry in the Netherlands.

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Mission Robotics Uses RTI Connext 6.1 for Remotely Operated Vehicle Control and Monitoring

July 8, 2021 · Mission Robotics is developing technology to enable marine robotics developers to more easily add capabilities, and RTI Connext 6.1 enabled it to quickly build and deploy controls.

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AeroVironment Completes Acquisition of Unmanned Ground Vehicle Provider Telerob

May 5, 2021 · Transaction combines providers of unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles for integrated defense and homeland security missions in air, near-space, ground, and maritime domains.

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Vaarst Spins Off From Rovco to Add AI, Autonomy to Marine Robotics

March 24, 2021 · England-based Vaarst's SubSLAM X2 system provides robotic spatial awareness and live 3D point clouds to any device without positioning systems.

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