Tag: hull
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Lomar and Alicia Bots partner to develop robotic system for cleaning ship hulls
Lomar, a ship-owning and management group, and Alicia Bots, a tech start-up developing robotics and mobility solutions for the maritime, offshore, oil and gas industries, are partnering to develop a robotic system for ship hull maintenance. The companies say this effort both integrates cutting-edge robotic hull inspection and cleaning solutions into Lomar’s biofouling control practices…
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New Robotic Cleaning Technology for Shipshape Hulls
Technologies never fail to improve, and the new robotic cleaning tech for shipshape hulls proves that! Hull cleaning remains a tough job as ships need to take refuge in ports to perform them. The marine debris accumulated in time damages the hulls and, in extreme cases, can lead to environmental damage. For example, stricter hull…
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Ocean engineers optimize design and performance of autonomous underwater vehicle
Almost two years ago, Dive Technologies, a subsea robotics designer and manufacturer based in Boston, began a multiyear partnership with researchers and students at the Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics to develop a novel commercial autonomous underwater vehicle. In April 2021, Dive Technologies delivered the DIVE-LD to market, a design they see as the…
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Tas Global commercializes ‘world’s first’ ship hull cleaning robot system
A startup company called Tas Global is commercializing what it says is the world’s only robot capable of cleaning freely on curved surfaces. The company has registered more than 30 patents in 16 countries including the US on the journey to bringing the robotic system to market. Selected as a South Korean government project, Tas…