Hearken to this text
![aquanaut](https://www.therobotreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aquanaut-featured.jpg)
Nauticus Robotics’ Aquanaut, an autonomous subsea robotic. | Supply: Nauticus Robotics
Nauticus Robotics, Inc., a developer of autonomous robots utilizing synthetic intelligence for knowledge assortment and intervention service for the ocean economies, introduced it has been awarded an extra $2.7 million below its present contract with Leidos Holdings, Inc., a FORTUNE 500 science and expertise chief. The funded extension permits continued improvement of an Aquanaut-derivative in preparation for buyer adoption choices and authorities alternatives anticipated later this 12 months.
The state-of-the-art subsea platform, an unmanned underwater car (“UUV”) with superior synthetic intelligence, sensing capabilities, and extra can carry out a rising variety of jobs with out hazarding human divers. This program has acquired $14.5 million in funding from Leidos since 2022, and the expertise developed is predicted to underpin main future authorities alternatives.
Like Nauticus‘ business UUV platform, Aquanaut, this spinoff robotic options expertise to help safety actions and is advancing to finish longer and tougher missions. As well as, this award permits additional autonomous habits and operational functionality enhancements to toolKITT, Nauticus’ proprietary software program bundle developed to allow an ecosystem of autonomous actions for subsea automobiles and serves as the muse for this work.
“I’m very pleased with our crew’s efficiency ensuing on this follow-on award, additional cementing our partnership with Leidos,” stated Nicolaus Radford, founder and CEO of Nauticus. “This crucial work combines nice attributes from every firm to deploy a very novel subsea functionality.”
Nauticus Robotics is a developer of autonomous robots utilizing synthetic intelligence for knowledge assortment and intervention companies for the ocean industries. Nauticus’ robotic programs and companies are delivered to business and government-facing prospects by a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) enterprise mannequin and direct product gross sales for each {hardware} platforms and software program licenses.