When you are next in Manly (Sydney), make some time to check out the Seaweed Forests Festival at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum from 09 April to 09 May 2021. There are amazing art displays, performances, scientific speakers and workshops organised.
Tekuma’s Orb gets a Boost
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.
River Green for a Day
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!
Soft robot?
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
Royal Australian Navy training to use AUVs
The Royal Australian Navy is training members in the use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) at the Australian Maritime College (AMC), based in northern Tasmania.
Under the deal, up to 80 Navy personnel will study in Tasmania each year and be taught by AMC staff how to use AUVs to enhance the country’s war fighting efforts.
Full article at: ABCNews 28feb21