Emerging underwater businesses

by Frank Tobe

25 October 2011

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… ROVs repairing underwater oil rigs; treasure hunters finding $230 million in silver; recovering the black box from a crashed airline; tracking sea creatures – these are just a few of the non-defense/security uses of unmanned maritime systems and devices.
… iRobot, Liquid Robotics and Teledyne Technologies all have maritime operations and each are profiled in this interesting report.

Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.

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