Alameda-based Saildrone announced that its Surveyor-class of unmanned surface vehicles has received full classification from the American Bureau of Shipping, allowing for long-endurance missions in the open ocean. https://alamedapost.com/news/saildrone-surveyor-unmanned-water-vehicle-gains-full-american-bureau-shipping-classification/
#Saildrone
This crewless #ship is defending #Denmark’s and #NATO’s waters
Powered by solar and wind, they can operate autonomously for months at sea. #Saildrone said #autonomous #sailboats can support operations such as illegal fishing detection, border enforcement, and strategic asset protection... The four "Voyagers" will be first in operation for a three-month trial, as Denmark and NATO allies aim at extending maritime presence, especially around critical undersea infrastructure. https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/06/25/this-crewless-ship-is-defending-denmarks-and-natos-waters-this-is-how-it-works
Robot sailboats: Because who needs sailors when you've got solar power, AI, and a mission to protect underwater cables? NATO's new maritime interns are looking pretty high-tech! 🌊🤖
#Denmark Tests Unmanned Robotic #Sailboat Fleet for surveillance in #Baltic and #NorthSea
Built by California-based company #Saildrone, the vessels will patrol Danish and #NATO waters in the Baltic and North Seas, where maritime tensions and suspected sabotage have escalated sharply since #Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Two of the Voyagers launched Monday from Koge Marina, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-robot-sailboats-baltic-sea-bfa31c98cf7c93320115c0ad0e6908c5
Denmark Tests Unmanned Robotic Sailboat Fleet - from Viking longships to AI sailbots! 🛥️ These wind/solar-powered "Voyagers" can patrol Baltic waters for months, using ML to monitor above & below surface. Going where "no one's observing" with sensors instead of swords.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/17/018252/denmark-tests-unmanned-robotic-sailboat-fleet
"Charting a New Course: #Saildrone Expands to Europe with Copenhagen Headquarters"
Soon we'll be having sailing surveillance drones in the #baltic
https://www.saildrone.com/news/saildrone-expands-to-europe-copenhagen-denmark-headquarters
East Bay Economic Development Alliance has honored Alameda companies Saildrone and Rain in their 11th annual East Bay Innovation Awards. Kelsey Goeres talks with the CEOs of the Alameda-based companies as they celebrate this recognition and look to the future.
https://alamedapost.com/news/east-bay-eda-honors-two-alameda-businesses-for-innovation/
"On 30 September 2021, a saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) was steered into category 4 Hurricane Sam, the most intense storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. It measured significant wave heights up to 14 m (maximum wave height = 27 m) and near-surface winds exceeding 55 m s−1."
#SailDrone
#InSituObservations
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/104/10/BAMS-D-21-0327.1.xml
This is a #Saildrone. One of their larger ones - most of the ones they have are much smaller than this one. It is moored in the Seaplane Lagoon on the former #Alameda naval air station.
Can’t believe I’m just learning about this company. Incredible #missions, amazing #technology, automated #global #sailing, #environmental focus…based like 10 miles from my house as the crow flies. Check out #Saildrone if you want to see some cool #ocean #science https://youtu.be/RvXq4n2aVh8
Drones take to the waves: #Saildrones are #sailboat-like uncrewed surface vehicles (#USV) that travel oceans on wind and solar. Remote pilots who work for #Saildrone guide a saildrone via satellite commands, which provide a designated path, to get to a target waypoint. Drone's software autonomously adjusts wing to keep it on track (pilots cannot take direct control of it). Using only wind and ocean currents, saildrones cruise on average at about 3 knots, or about 3.5 mph.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/drones-take-to-the-waves-saildrones-are-getting-data-where-people-cant/
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#Saildrone have released some video on what is looks like inside #hurricane Fiona:
https://www.saildrone.com/news/heres-what-it-looks-like-inside-hurricane-fiona
I do not know the Hakai Institute, otherwise that it looks they have some really interesting projects going on. They are located in BC, Canada. #geospatial #saildrone #glider #argo #AI #oceanography #IoT #hakai #exploration
"Gliders, saildrones, Argo floats, and self-driving submarines: meet the new generation of robots that are testing technical boundaries and changing the face of oceanography."
https://hakai.org/the-autonomous-ocean/
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