Remote Underwater Exploration
The USS Johnston, a 115m-long US Navy destroyer, rests at a depth of 6.5km (4 miles) in the Philippine Sea. Parts of the wreckage were filmed by an ROV in 2019, but just recently a submersible was used to survey and film the vessel in more detail.
Full article at: BBC News, Science and Environment 03apr21
The Naples NY Scout Troup 40 built and tested student ROV kits in one of teh Finger Lakes in Upstate New York this week. So exciting to see students interested in this technology!
Full article at: DailyMessenger 05apr21
Tekuma was awarded first-round funding from the Australian Government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative to move forward with sovereign tooling and manufacturing of their patented drone controller, which is the basis of our ROVorb controller for the BlueROV2 and BlueROV2 Heavy.
It all started with Plumbers Union Local 130 about 60 years ago and the city of Chicago is still dyeing the Chicago River green in celebration of St Patrick’s Day. Probably not the most environmentally-friendly way to celebrate, but it does stand out:
Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Check out the “soft” AUV that a team of Chinese researchers have developed and tested in the Mariana Trench!
A BlueROV2 with Newton Gripper was used to release the little “mantabot” at depths of 8m and 70m during its testing phase, before the little flapper dove to 3,224m in the South China Sea and then 10,900m in the Mariana Trench.
Full article at: TechExplore 04mar21 and Nature.com