Emerging Ocean Explorer David Gruber found a secret world under the sea—and it glows. His expeditions have turned up hundreds of shimmering creatures, all showing off for one another with a mysterious fluorescence. It’s an underwater display that had never been seen before.
Tasked Ocean Data in 48 Hours—Anywhere in the World DIFFERENTIATION TERRADEPTH has created a new generation of deep ocean, low-cost Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS), with superior payload capacity, advanced autonomy and machine learning capability. The UMS possesses the sensor performance of industry-leading Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) while persisting for one month, not hours or days. … Concept of Operations Graphic
Tasked Ocean Data in 48 Hours—Anywhere in the World DIFFERENTIATION TERRADEPTH has created a new generation of deep ocean, low-cost Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS), with superior payload capacity, advanced autonomy and machine learning capability. The UMS possesses the sensor performance of industry-leading Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) while persisting for one month, not hours or days. … Terradepth at a Glance
Dear humans: Abraham doesn’t need your help with this task. Abraham is the name of an autonomous submarine produced by Terradepth, a startup in Austin, Texas. The venture is headed by two former Navy SEALs who plan to have the 9-meter-long sub back in the water in a few months, working in the Gulf of … Terradepth Autonomous Sub Dives Into Mapping World’s Oceans, Making Data Freely Available
In 2005, Joe Wolfel and Judson Kauffman were a year into their Navy SEAL careers when they received a briefing on the USS San Francisco, a nuclear-powered submarine that had crashed into an undersea mountain, in large part due to uncharted waters. “The Navy really doesn’t have charts or maps of very much of the … 2 former Navy SEALs are using robot submarines to build ‘Google Earth’ for the ocean
Plenty of the ocean remains unexplored, even though it’s a huge trove of potentially valuable information. Current methods for mapping and gathering ocean data, especially deep-ocean data, generally require humans in the mix (even if controlling vehicles remotely), are immensely expensive and are not designed for long periods of operation. Startup Terradepth, founded by two … Terradepth raises $8 million to build a fleet of autonomous deep-ocean data robots
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Terradepth, an Austin-based company, wants to be the first to map out the entire ocean floor using a fleet of submarines. Their research is starting on Lake Travis. On Thursday, the 3-year-old company launched an autonomous submarine in Lake Travis, which they say could help with future climate change research. “Humans really … Austin-based company launches submarine in Lake Travis for ocean research
Judson Kauffman and Joe Wolfel, Co-founders and Co-CEOs of Terradepth, discuss progress on the company’s innovative data collection vehicle. Click here to view this article.
TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Joe Wolfel, co-CEO of Terradepth, about the company’s ocean data-collection robot. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: I think this is a good way to summarize that what you guys are doing and are working toward is a fleet of fully autonomous deep ocean data … AI under the sea: Autonomous robot to collect data from new depths
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Terradepth, a disruptor in maritime data collection and use, today announced the successful completion of its Phase 1 trials. The test was executed at Lake Travis in Travis County, Texas. The Phase 1 test results conclusively demonstrate that the company’s unmanned submersible could collect and process underwater data, understand features of import, and … Terradepth Announces Results of Phase 1 Underwater Autonomous Submarine Trials to Map the Earth’s Oceans