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GO Science has secured a grant for R&Drom the South West
Regional Development
Agency (SWRDA) to investigate novelscientific and engineering
aspects of a particularclass of low energy unmanned under liquid
robot where the company has established a submersiblevehicle
solution (RHyVAU) that offers low costautomation across a broad
spectrum of maritime,industrial and utility applications.
The programme will characterise anddemonstrate the critical
performance aspects of
RHyVAU during 2006, including novel propulsion, attitude
control, imaging and audio-sensory processing using low
energymethodologies covered by a patent that was filed
by GO Science in 2005. This new technologyaddresses emerging
markets in offshore oil &gas, renewable energy, climate change
scienceand homeland security sectors where customersdemand low
cost, low energy automation of
under liquid operations in tough environments.
RHyVAU is designed to operate remotely, inmany roles where
divers or alternative vehiclesmay fail to meet goals through some
combinationof cost, safety, risk, schedule or performance
parameters. RHyVAU Indago glides throughdeep oceans using low
energy technologies tocapture large volumes of critical scientific
datathat will help us to better understand the subtleyet dramatic
changes in our global climate.
RHyVAU Contueor surveys our coastlines,estuaries, ports and
waterways, and includesnovel sensors to view, map and
classifyunderwater pipelines, sea bed strata ortopographic detail.
Our innovative technologyalso serves the utility, offshore oil, gas
andrenewable energy sectors via RHyVAU Aspicere ,which includes
real time audio-visual data linksto provide for accurate
inspection, maintenanceand surveillance operations. The vehicle may
bedeployed in: difficult environmental conditionswhere tides or
currents may be strong; infacilities where liquids may be hostile;
aroundand under structures; and also inside pipelines,vessels or
umbilicals, where space will beconstrained.
GO Science is a smart sensor SME company that supplies bespoke
technology services andinnovative products to blue chip customers
inUK and overseas, where successful partnershipsare already
established with multi-nationalcompanies and 1st class academic
institutions.Our business is export driven with customers
inGermany, Holland and overseas.
The company is expert in undersea acoustics,remote sensing,
imaging and analysis; distributed
processing systems; communications; lowcarbon, low energy
autonomous underwatervehicles and sensors using artificial
intelligence.This expertise and knowledge of the localeconomy has
proven to be valuable in keyrelationships with overseas
technologycompanies where GO Science performs a partnerrole for the
UK navigation, sonar and underseacommunications market.
GO Science was formed late in 2002 byengineers who left BAE
SYSTEMS at Filtonwith many years of successful experience
inaerospace, maritime and undersea businesssectors. The team is
based in Set Squareds
Business Acceleration Centre at the Universityof Bristol, where
academic, industrial, financeand service sector partners forge
collaborativerelationships to develop the regional and UKknowledge
economy.
For further information please contact:
Harry Gosling
CEOGO Science Ltd
University Gate (East)Park Row
Bristol BS1 5UB(t) +44 (0)1179 151289(f) +44 (0)1179 039001
Exploring Oceans, Waterways, Pipelines and Structures withEnergy
Efficient Robots
