The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) sees the Singapore and French companies working together to integrate and evaluate ELWAVE’s commercial-off-the-shelf TETRAPULSE sensor (active electrical impedance) into A.IKANBILIS, BeeX’s Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAUV). This integration is designed to provide naval forces, offshore industry and marine sciences, with innovative subsea detection and inspection capabilities.
BeeX designs, manufactures and operates Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. As a service provider, BeeX integrates the latest innovation in sensor technology to maximize inspection productivity and value to asset owners.
ELWAVE designs, manufactures and sales compact subsea sensors based on the patented biomimicry technology CEDAR (Controlled Electric Detection And Ranging). It replicates the “active electro-location” perception mode used by some tropical fishes living in turbid and cluttered waters in Africa and South America. In this complex environment, vision and the acoustic perception are inefficient. Natural evolution has led these fish to develop this dedicated perception mode. By perceiving the variations in the electric field that they generate, they obtain an “electric image” of their environment that allows them to avoid obstacles, evade predators and catch prey. CEDAR® technology is embedded into the compact TETRAPULSE sensor for the detection and characterization (size, shape, electric nature) of any metallic or non-metallic objects (mines, UXO, pipelines, cables) lying on the seabed or buried in the sediment.
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