An autonomous diving ‘mothership’ that is designed to transport industrial-scale robots out to offshore wind farms for underwater operations and maintenance (O&M) work has moved closer to commercial launch with plans by Aberdeen technology developer HonuWorx and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult for an at-sea demonstration of the technology.
The project, funded by Innovate UK, will develop Ridley, a ‘platform’ that would be able to shuttle out remote operated vehicles (ROVs) and bigger-brother autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for offshore assignments, is the next step in the contractor’s disruptive Loggerhead concept, a mobile power and communications hub for offshore robots
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