Robotic Vehicles > Maritime

SAN DIEGO — More than 300 students making up 44 teams and representing eight countries will compete in the 20th International RoboSub Competition to be held July 26–30 at the U.S. Navy’s research pool on Point Loma. Hosted by the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) in Point Loma, the competition challenges teams to design and build autonomous underwater vehicles capable […] Read More

Here is a kickstarter campaign, for cleaning hulls of ships underwater. The robot can clean about 1.5 meter square per minute. The project can be viewed here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/632307707/the-first-underwater-drone-for-the-care-of-your-hu?ref=user_menu https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/632307707/the-first-underwater-drone-for-the-care-of-your-hu?ref=user_menu   Robotic Magazine’s note for Kickstarter campaigns: Publishing a campaign here does not mean Robotic Magazine endorses or verifies the project. We publish at the request of project creators. Please check the project website for more […] Read More

The new ship deveoped by DARPA, has been designed for traveling on open seas for months, without a single crew member on board. In the test, the ship has reached 50 km / hour and will start to be tested this summer off California coast in Pacific. The robot ship will be used for locating enemy submarines completely autonomously and in case of conflict, engage […] Read More

In a sign that all warfare is becoming more and more taken over by robots and autonomous vehicles, the US Navy just demonstrated that it can accompany its ships with autonomous vehicles. These robot boats, would protect the main ship, which is of high value and containing soldiers. It would also swarm an enemy boat, deflect or destroy it. Making vehicles autonomous has been an […] Read More

Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Liquid Robotics, the market leader in unmanned ocean vehicles, today signed a global, multi-year teaming agreement for collaboration on product development, maritime services and operational deployments. The initial focus of the collaboration will be to develop total integrated solutions for anti-submarine warfare, maritime domain awareness and other maritime defense applications. “It’s a great opportunity to partner with Liquid Robotics to provide new […] Read More

The Autosub6000 a UK made Autonomous Submarine, will soon start to explore the deep undersea volcanoes in the Caribbean. It has a range of 1,000 kilometers without any battery recharge and can dive up to the depth of 6000 meters. The unit has an advanced GPS system on board and will be used to map the ocean floor as well as discovering new animal specimens. […] Read More