AUVSI’s annual XPONENTIAL conference is evolving from one focused on just aerial vehicles to one that encompasses all unmanned systems. This year’s event offered a great opportunity to share lessons learned and successes from multiple years of unmanned vehicle operations in remote and harsh environments....
From rising sea levels to growing demands on our food supply, many of our planet’s biggest challenges are inextricably tied to the ocean. Here are six reasons it’s time to act now, and how a connected, Digital Ocean can help us make smarter decisions for...
Some of the best applications of technology are ones where someone takes a longstanding process and reimagines it. At one point, people thought “why would I need a camera in my phone?” Now it’s hard to imagine our smartphones without them. It’s simply a more...
If you’re going to send a robot out into the ocean for a long period of time, why not have it do more than one job? Lately we’re seeing more of our missions do just that. Combat Illegal Fishing + Collect Marine Biodiversity Data How...
For those of us who spend most of our time on land, it can be hard to understand how much our lives have changed with the availability of both bandwidth and the internet. If you travel, you think nothing of sending some emails with important...
The idea of widespread, persistent environmental monitoring in the ocean is generally written off as being prohibitively expensive and too complex. And using traditional instruments and approaches, it is. It should come as no surprise that technology is helping us change the answer to this...
Times are tough in Oil & Gas – some of the toughest the industry has seen in decades. These tough times have forced everyone from operators down to manufacturers to shed staff, services, and even capability. Supply chains have been compressed and yet demand still...
Today, we have instant access to information from our smartphones, computers, TVs and now our Google Home. It’s a basic expectation – instant information to any question on anything. I only wish this was true for real-time information on what’s happening along our coastlines and...
Last in our video series on the Digital Ocean is James Bellingham, Founding Director of the Center for Marine Robotics at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A pioneer in the development of high performance marine robots, James shares his perspective on the challenges of working in...
There are many examples of how the Digital Ocean is becoming a reality. The common denominator? It starts with a connection. Connecting satellites to robots, connecting robots to other robots and seafloor sensors, even connecting robots to fish! Here are five examples of how the...
In 2007, I had the good fortune to meet Liquid Robotics and swim with a very early generation Wave Glider. Even that prototype astounded me with the strength of its bollard pull, a fancy name for towing power. Like a tractor, the Wave Glider steadily...
When you’re standing on the beach at the water’s edge, you don’t have to step in very far to feel the power of the ocean. At Liquid Robotics, this power—in addition to propelling our Wave Gliders around the world—inspires us every day. We often hear...