Maritime

This new initiative is part of Nauticus’ broader strategy to use its technologies in industries essential to the global energy transition.

HavocAI plans to use the funding to grow its autonomous fleet and enable military vessels in allied navies.

The ARM Institute said the technologies will be demonstrated in real, shipyard-representative environments by the end of the project.

Since its seed round, Blue Water Autonomy said its team has quadrupled in size and completed successful on-water engineering tests.

Once applied to a whale, Project CETI’s tags collect bioacoustics, heart rate, dive depth, and body orientation.

In July, The Robot Report launched a new program geared toward highlighting unique and interesting startups.

Stratom’s new system, DORI, will allow Navy uncrewed surface vehicles to refuel autonomously at sea.

Advanced Navigation recently deployed its Hydrus AUVs to explore the Hall Bank reefs in southwest Australia.

Kraken Robotics said it plans to use the proceeds to grow its maritime offerings and become a scalable global prime contractor.

Four Saildrone Voyagers operated in both the Gulf of Finland and the western Baltic Sea, gathering data in challenging conditions.

Oliver Mitchell, a partner at ff Venture Capital, recaps highlights from recent trade shows including Automate and Xponential.

Saildrone, in partnership with Meta, has successfully demonstrated that the Saildrone Surveyor performs on par with crewed vessels.

Saildrone plans to deploy the first four Saildrone Voyagers in the Baltic Sea in June 2025 under contract to the Danish Armed Forces.

Persona AI said it has already signed an agreement with HD Hyundai to deploy humanoid robots into shipyards.

Saronic has retained the experience workforce of Gulf Craft and expects to prototype and build medium uncrewed surface vessels.

Boumarang, which has developed hydrogen-powered aerial drones, received investment in addition to acquiring Wavedrone.

With increasing geopolitical tensions and rising activity in the Baltic Sea, Saildrone said the need for persistent maritime intelligence is paramount.

During an ONR trial, the Saildrone Surveyor and BlueSentry system operated continuously for 26 days and maintained uptime greater than 96%.

The award follows the U.S. Navy’s $92.6M MESR contract awarded to VideoRay in May, which BlueHalo acquired later last year.

RISE Robotics said its Beltdraulic linear actuator technology will demonstrate power without hydraulic inefficiencies.

Geoffrey Biggs, the CTO of the Open Source Robotics Foundation, will explain key ROS 2 features to learn in Boston.

Saronic plans to use its Series C funding to build Port Alpha, a next-generation shipyard for the U.S. hybrid fleet.