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HII has released a video outlining plans for a new Romulus unmanned surface vessel (USV) assembly facility at Breaux Brothers Enterprises in New Iberia, La. In parallel, HII has also introduced High-Yield
Humanoid robots that can get into the same spaces that humans can are increasingly seen as part of the solution to shipyard labor and skills shortages. In the not too distant future,
Beloit, Wis.- headquartered Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) is to expand its robotic welding program. Aimed at boosting ship repair and maintenance efficiency for the U.S. Navy and allied fleets, FMD’’s robotic welding
Austin, Texas-headquartered underwater robotics specialist Ocean Infinity has reached a significant milestone with the delivery of the final vessel in its fourteen vessel Armada fleet – closing a chapter that began in
Moving ahead on its plans to develop one of the first-ever floating offshore wind farms off the U.S. West Coast, Equinor, has signed a contract that will see Austin, Texas, headquartered Ocean
A sea change is coming to how we use the world’s oceans. This change is being spurred on by offshore markets which are experiencing unprecedented times. Multiple forces are at play causing
With ABB Ability’s marine advisory system OCTOPUS and robotic maintenance working together, wind farm vessels’ working hours could increase by over a third. A study from ABB focusing on the ATLANTIS offshore
Sarcos Robotics, a specialist in robotic systems that augment rather than replace humans, reports that it has partnered with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) to evaluate and
MARCH 5, 2018 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries has developed a robotic system capable of automatically forming a shell plate with various shapes (three-dimensional curved surface). The shipbuilder says its Songming
APRIL 28, 2016 — While researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology believe that the future of underwater robotics lies in swimming snakes (see earlier story), their counterparts at Stanford
