Remote Underwater Exploration
Blue Robotics just announced their 5″, 6″, and 8″ locking enclosures into their watertight housing family. These enclosures are rated to 500m to 1000m depths and end-cap options are flat, aluminium, with and without pre-drilled M10 holes.
The online configurator has expanded to included these new sizes and we can also order any of these parts quickly for you.
FYI – the non locking versions will continue to be available for a little longer.
A recent event in Virginia USA demonstrates the value of ROVs in search and recovery situations:
A car was seen driving off the end of the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier a few days ago. Because of difficult water conditions on site, Virginia Police reached out to the Chesapeake Fire Department to request an ROV to learn more about the location of the vehicle and aid with its recovery.
Full article at: 13NewsNow 30jan24
Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently completed a comprehensive survey of the seabed floor off the coast of California using a combination of AUV and ROV, both rated to 6000m depths.
Researchers uncovered a shocking 350 square kilometres of discarded military munitions:
Full article at: HydroInternational 15jan24
In 2023, Schmidt Ocean Institute scientists exploring with ROV Subastian have discovered four new octopus species at a depth of ~3,000m off Costa Rica. The octopus were found near two low-temperature hydrothermal springs.
One has been named the Dorado Octopus after the rock called El Dorado Hill where it was found. The others have yet to be formally described.
Full article at: New Scientist 16jan24
Researchers in 2004 sent an ROV to the seabed floor in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and found mysterious holes in the soft sediment (not fossilized) at a depth of ~2000m. Clearly made by a living creature but no one has yet identified it – any ideas?
Full article at: ScienceNorway.no 21mar23