HonuWorx Ltd has taken delivery of its first underwater vehicle as it gears up for sea trials of a unique subsea robotics deployment.The Aberdeen-based subsea robotics firm has acquired a VALOR remotely
HonuWorx Ltd has taken delivery of its first underwater vehicle as it gears up for sea trials of a unique subsea robotics deployment.
The Aberdeen-based subsea robotics firm has acquired a VALOR remotely operated vehicle (ROV), which will form a key component of its Loggerhead™ subsea robotics deployment platform. VALOR is manufactured by Aberdeen and Barrow-in-Furness based Rovtech Solutions Ltd.
HonuWorx aims to begin constructing the first commercial Loggerhead pilot system in Aberdeen this year for a series of offshore commercial tests in 2027. The newly-purchased ROV forms part of an Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) Innovation Project to accelerate the systems integration engineering.
The VALOR ROV is one of a new generation of compact inspection class vehicles which can be outfitted with a wide variety of tools and sensors that previously could only be fitted to large electro-hydraulic ROVs. HonuWorx has additionally developed a cloud-control architecture that enables the VALOR vehicle to be controlled "over the horizon" in a similar way to airborne drones.
The underwater robotics pioneer has previously validated the Loggerhead technology with a full-scale prototype trial offshore in Canada, deploying an ROV from an autonomous submersible "mothership" platform and controlling the system from shore in what is
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