When it comes to underwater robots, some tasks are easy to automate, while others are best handled by manual remote control. The Cuttlefish offers the best of both worlds, plus it cleverly changes ...

Remotely Operated Vehicles, or ROVs, are underwater robots that allow the controller to be located above the water. ROVs are connected to the topside via an umbilical link that houses communications ...

BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energid Technologies, provider of Actin®, the premier Robotics Software Development Kit (SDK), and Schilling Robotics, a division of TechnipFMC and ...

The ability to sense the environment, either visually or through other means, and perform work at the desired location, is the mission of the ROV. The subsystems necessary for this task are discussed ...

Three years ago we heard about Oceanbotics' SRV-8, a small yet highly capable underwater ROV (remotely operated vehicle). Well, it's now got a much burlier bigger sibling, in the form of the SRV-8X ...

A brittle star and coral are picked up by ROV Subastian’s manipulator arm, along with the piece of deep-sea rock they are inhabiting. Taking the rock along with the accompanying organisms allows the ...

The Belgian Armed Forces have ordered six R7 Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) from the French company Exail to allow for underwater inspection and disposal of explosive ordnance (EOD). The Belgian ...

ROV shackles look simple, but small design details matter a lot offshore. Better pins and locking systems can mean the difference between a clean operation and a costly delay. That is why many teams ...

Access to ROV hooks is important to major subsea, and oil and gas contractors for utilization in multi-million-dollar projects to handle valuable loads in hazardous environments, often many miles ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (August 23, 2023) -- Scientific exploration of the deep ocean has largely remained inaccessible to most people because of barriers to access due to infrastructure, training, and ...