Quincy, MA, USA –– Bluefin Robotics, the leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) solutions and SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, have today announced their collaboration to provide enhanced software solutions for deepwater export pipeline inspections. The collaboration is aimed at equipping Bluefins 21-inch AUV platforms with SeeTrack AutoTracker. SeeTrack AutoTracker was developed to enable AUVs to perform export pipeline inspections using on-board payload sensors to detect pipelines and automatically adjust the vehicles trajectory to optimally track the pipeline.

 

The combination of Bluefins vehicle stability and navigation capabilities along with SeeTrack AutoTrackers ability to accurately guide the AUV at a pre-defined offset from the pipeline stands to provide an excellent data product for rapid and efficient pipeline inspection. Using SeeBytes SeeTrack AutoTracker software package on the Bluefin-21 AUV will further expand subsea inspection capabilities and provide valuable information to decision-makers.

"This collaboration enables our customers to save operational costs by using enhanced data acquisition techniques for pipeline inspection," commented Omer Poroy, Vice President of Business Development at Bluefin Robotics. "Offering SeeBytes software with our vehicles provides a cost-effective and time-efficient solution to what can regularly be viewed as a complex task."

"I am pleased to grow our relationship and experience in working with Bluefin Robotics and their vehicles," said Ioseba Tena, SeeBytes Sales Manager. "Having worked with Bluefin in the past in conjunction with our SeeTrack Military product, it is encouraging that we are now in a position to integrate SeeTrack AutoTracker with another of their vehicles, to offer customers an over-all solution for pipeline inspection."

ABOUT BLUEFIN ROBOTICS

Bluefin Robotics designs, manufactures and operates Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) systems and related technology. Founded in 1997, the company has grown to become a world leader in UUV products designed for defense, commercial, and scientific applications. Bluefin Robotics is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Battelle. For more information, please visit www.bluefinrobotics.com.

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