The Aberdeen-based subsea robotics firm HonuWorx Ltd 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
The Aberdeen-based subsea robotics firm HonuWorx Ltd 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.
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 believed to be a world-first demonstration.
"The deployment of ROVs has not changed in the last 40 years of the offshore
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