SeeByte and VideoRay Join Forces for Automated Piloting of MicroROV

New capabilities provide exciting possibilities for low-logistics remotely operated vehicles

By VideoRay LLC and SeeByte

VideoRay LLC, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA, is a leader in the production and sale of Inspection Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).  These submersibles – which weigh less than 10kg in air with a full complement of sensors and instruments are used throughout the world for undersea search and inspection and port security.  The United States Coast Guard has standardized on VideoRay’s products, as have Navies and Coast Guards in many other countries throughout the world.  Sonar and positioning system manufacturers support VideoRay vehicles first, due to VideoRay’s market share and ease of integration.  VideoRay will soon deliver its 2,000th system.

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Key West Harbor Dredging Project Resource Monitoring

By Keith D. Spring, Senior Scientist, Erin Hodel, Staff Scientist, CSA International, Inc.

The U.S. Navy-sponsored maintenance dredging of the Key West Harbor Turning Basin, Main Ship Channel, and Truman Harbor (2004 to 2007) was the first dredging project undertaken within an existing U.S. National Marine Sanctuary. Due to the presence of sensitive marine resources (including seagrass, hard bottom communities, and coral reefs), the project required the development and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring program to prevent or minimize dredging-related impacts to these resources within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The monitoring program was developed through cooperative efforts between State and Federal agencies and private contractors, including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), FKNMS, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), CZR Inc., CSA International, Inc. (CSA), and PPB Environmental Labs, Inc. (PPB).

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