Topic: ROV

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University of Rhode Island opens new Ocean Robotics Laboratory

July 4, 2026 · The University of Rhode Island opened the new Ocean Robotics Laboratory on its Narragansett Bay Campus, part of a $300 million revitalization project.

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Terradepth awarded five-year global offshore energy contract

May 31, 2025 · Terradepth was awarded a five-year data collection and management contract with a global offshore energy company. The first project will be for an LNG terminal in the APAC region.

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Atlantas Marine receives royal business award

July 22, 2024 · Somerset, England-based Atlantas Marine received a King’s Award for Enterprise from King Charles for its excellence in international trade, providing ROVs for inspection.

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Sarcos Names Laura Peterson as President and CEO, Ben Wolff Rejoins Executive Team

October 27, 2023 · Sarcos made Laura Peterson, who had been interim president and CEO, permanent. Former CEO Ben Wolff has rejoined leadership at the teleoperated systems company.

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Sarcos Delivers Guardian Sea Class Robot to Atlantas Marine

October 17, 2023 · Sarcos has integrated its Guardian Sea Class robot with VideoRay's Defender remotely operated vehicle in an offering through Atlantas Marine.

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Shell Signs Offshore Service Agreement With Nauticus Robotics

September 14, 2023 · Shell has contracted with Nauticus Robotics to conduct autonomous subsea manipulation tasks with Aquanaut on live subsea assets at more than 1 km depth without an umbilical.

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Nauticus Robotics Gets Contract Extension From Leidos to Further Develop Undersea Systems

August 22, 2023 · Nauticus Robotics is developing new systems based on its Aquanaut undersea robot and toolKITT software with funding from Leidos.

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Sarcos Lays off Portion of Staff and Eliminates Manufacturing in Pittsburgh as Part of Cost Saving Efforts

July 14, 2023 · Sarcos, which acquired RE2 Robotics just last year, has laid off about a quarter of its staff and said it is refocusing on aviation, marine, and solar markets.

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Bedrock Raises $25.5M Series A for Robots for Seafloor Exploration and Offshore Wind Energy

July 12, 2023 · Bedrock Ocean Explorations has raised funding to continue development of its autonomous underwater vehicle for oceanographic data acquisition and its cloud platform.

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Advanced Navigation Expands Boreas Fiber Optic Gyroscope Line With New A Series

July 11, 2023 · Advanced Navigation said its new Boreas A90 and A70 inertial measurement units offer accurate navigation for autonomous vehicles, field robots, and subsea systems.

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Advanced Navigation Opens Australia’s Largest Subsea Robotics Center

May 5, 2023 · Advanced Navigation plans to accelerate production of underwater technologies, including its Hydrus autonomous robot, at its new Perth facility for research, development, and manufacturing.

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Sarcos and VideoRay Agree to Offer Robotic Arms Integrated With Underwater Vehicles

May 2, 2023 · Sarcos and VideoRay will each sell and service the integrated underwater system, which will serve defense, scientific, and energy applications.

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Nauticus Robotics Announces Commissioning Exercises for Mark 2 Aquanauts

April 13, 2023 · Nauticus Robotics has begun commissioning exercises for its Mark 2 Aquanauts, which will shift between excursion and intervention configurations for offshore industrial use.

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Nauticus Robotics Expands Fleet of Oceangoing Systems to Improve Sustainable Resource Use

February 20, 2023 · Nauticus Robotics, which participated in a UN event on sustainability, is offering its fleet of robots, software, and services to oil and gas producers in Scotland and Norway.

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Sarcos Successfully Demonstrates Robotics for Shipyard Maintenance, Inspection, and Repair

October 27, 2022 · Sarcos recently showed the capabilities of its robots for dexterous manipulation and teleoperation on the ground and at height for the U.S. Navy.

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RE2 Marks Technical Achievement With STARFISH Gripper for the U.S. Navy

June 28, 2022 · RE2 has successfully assembled and lab-tested STARFISH, a gripper with multimodal sensing that is able to grasp a variety of objects underwater. It is designed for explosive ordnance disposal.

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Terradepth Raises Series A Funding Toward Ocean Mapping as a Service

April 13, 2022 · Terradepth will use the funding to further develop its Absolute Ocean cloud-based platform for sharing undersea data for energy, scientific, and utility use.

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Kraken Completes Robotics as a Service Contract for Royal Canadian Navy

April 6, 2022 · Kraken Robotics says its recently completed contract with the Royal Canadian Navy demonstrated that its KATFISH and LW-SAS systems can meet naval needs for high-quality survey data.

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RE2 Robotics, VideoRay Reach Reach New Depth With Underwater Robot

March 23, 2022 · RE2 Robotics, which has developed the Maritime Mine Neutralization System with VideoRay, has set a new 1 km depth record for inspection-class remotely operated vehicles underwater.

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SubBlue Robotics Gets Support for Propeller Cleaning Robot From Danish Investors

March 15, 2022 · SubBlue Robotics, which is a resident at the Odense StartUp Hub in Odense, Denmark, has obtained funding as it offers leases for an underwater robot to help ships be more efficient.

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