March 2009
Marine Technology Reporter · Volume 52 · Number 2
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Offshore Renewable Energy
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Can it Happen Here?
An Interview with Sam De Bow Jr., the Director of Rhode Island's New Center of Excellence for Research on Offshore Renewable Energy (RORE) . -- by Steve Withrow ROVs & AUVs
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Tech Advances Match Strong Demand
Recession. What Recession? Though the economic drawdown is certainly unwelcome in any industry, manufactuers of ROVs and AUVs are riding strong demand. Profile: iRobot
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Cleaning Up Underwater
iRobot, best known for its consumer floor cleaning robots and land-based military systems, last year made a strong play into the subsea market. Vice Admiral Joe Dyer, president of iRobot's Government & Industrial Division, explains. -- by Greg Trauthwein Technology Development
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ROVLATIS Debuts
A new smart ROV has been developed by the Mobile and Marine Robotics Research Center (MMRRC) at the University of Limerick. -- by Daniel Toal & Simon Marr Education Insights
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A Look Inside NOCS
The National Oceanography Center Southampton (NOCS) is a world-renowned, multifaceted and dynamic institution. Profiled are recent and evolving activities. -- by Rory Howlett
Pictured in the background: For a shark to eat an actor gently, takes five brushless DC thrusters with velocity feedback for precise and rapid control in all directions. When the Bollywood movie, LUCK, was filmed in South Africa, a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV was strapped beneath a giant 4.2 m long Latex and Polyurethane replica of a tiger shark then sent to eat luckless victims trying to escape a sinking container. 2 MTR March 2009
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