Can autonomous, seafloor-scanning robots speed up offshore wind development?
Bedrock, an early-stage startup, wants to shrink the time it takes to map the ocean floor—a key step in rolling out wind turbines.
Electric robots are mapping the seafloor, Earth’s last frontier
Despite covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is still a relative mystery. In fact, we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the sea floor…
A sea change for seafloor mapping
One of the biggest challenges in drawing ocean maps at any depth has been the relative lack of standardization in how data is shared.
SpaceX for ocean?
On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Bedrock Ocean Exploration CEO and co-founder Anthony DiMare about creating the SpaceX for ocean.
Bedrock Launches Fully Electric Submarine Ocean Exploration and Survey Platform
Bedrock launched its full service offering…
Bedrock Launches Ocean Exploration and Survey Platform
Currently, the turnaround time of ocean-floor maps is up to 12 months per survey to provide customers with usable commercial sea-floor data…
New Seafloor-Mapping Drones Aim to Accelerate Offshore Wind Energy Installations
The electric, autonomous submarines could reduce time to access marine surveys for wind energy by a factor of 10.
Bedrock modernizes seafloor mapping with autonomous sub and cloud-based data
The company aims to replace the standard “big ship with a big sonar” approach with a faster, smarter, more modern service…
Electric exploration submarine vies to be SpaceX of sea
Robots are out front of the push to map the world's oceans.
Bedrock unveils autonomous submarine to help collect oceanic data
Bedrock Ocean Exploration CEO Anthony DiMare explains how the company's driverless submarine will help expedite and expand ocean data collection.
These electric submarines map the seafloor to make way for wind power
The U.S. has been a global laggard in offshore wind power, with just one active facility that started commercial operations in 2016.