The demand for automated sub-sea investigations is expanding rapidly in markets such as underwater inspections of offshore renewable installations and oil/gas installations, long term environmental monitoring of oceans and the emerging subsea mining industry.
As the DUO is a self-reacting device, it is uniquely capable of being integrated into an underwater autonomous vehicle (AUV) to give the AUV re-charging capability without the need to return to a fixed charging point. This concept has the potential to significantly extend AUV mission times and generate significant operational savings.
