Very exciting news in the ROV/UUV realm – Aquabotix just closed an initial public offering in Australia! They are the first publicly traded, small ROV company anywhere and their IPO was very well-received, which is great news for the whole industry. Congrats Aquabotix!
JMSE Review of Inspection-Class ROVs
The Journal of Marine Science and Engineering published an open-access review of Inspection-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles last month by experts at the University of Limerick: JMSE Inspection-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles-A Review
New Product – Water Linked Underwater GPS system
BlueRobotics just announced a partnership with Water Linked, a Norwegian company, and the release of a revolutionarily low-cost Underwater GPS system. This new product, the Water Linked Underwater GPS Developer Kit combines a traditional GPS receiver and compass with an acoustic positioning system to provide positioning information underwater. Orders are expected to start shipping mid-June 2017.
Blue Robotics is the first and only distributor for this system, and the underwater GPS system will also be supported out of the box in ArduSub and the BlueROV2.
For more details, visit Water Linked UNDERWATER GPS SYSTEM
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Bioluminescence in Tasmania
We can’t help but wonder what this phenomena would look like from under the water… Â Bioluminescence event lights up northern Tasmanian beach
(Photo by Leanne Marshall)