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Woods
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www.whmsi.com |
WHMSI is an oceanographic engineering service company. We specialize in the development and deployment of unmanned, teleoperated underwater vehicles and associated equipment.
Our primary client for the last few years has been Robert Ballard's Institute for Exploration. We have developed a suite of underwater vehicles for search and investigation, particularly in support of archaeology. ARGUS is a towsled that supports video and still cameras and HMI lighting. ARGUS can operate independently or as a partner for an ROV. We built a small Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), Little Hercules (shown below) in early 2000, with a 3000 meter depth rating and capable of carrying a large High Definition camera. We operated these first two vehicles on IFE expeditions to the Black Sea (September 2000) and Pearl Harbor (November 2000).
During 2001 we developed and fielded a sidescan sonar survey system, ECHO. We built and fielded a shallow water ROV, Orpheus, to provide interactive inter-coastal video experiences from NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.
During 2003 we completed a larger ROV, HERCULES (shown above), which we used with
We are now deeply involved in development of a new ship to support these systems, the Exploration Vessel NAUTILUS.
We have also worked with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and IFREMER (the French national oceans agency and home to the VICTOR ROV).
Jim Newman's personal web page
Links to related Organizations:
Institute for
Exploration
University of Rhode Island GSO
The
Marine Technology Society
NOAA/Office of Ocean Exploration
National Geographic
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Underwater Vehicle Links:
Automomous Underwater Systems Institute
MBARI
(home of Ventana and Tiburon)
WHOI Deep
Submergence Lab (home of JASON and ABE)
WHOI
Oceanographic Systems Lab (home of REMUS)
Some North American commercial builders of
underwater vehicles:
Benthos
Deep
Sea Systems International
International
Submarine Engineering (ISE)
Deep Ocean
Engineering
Bluefin
Robotics
Hydroid
Webb Research Corp
Links to local stuff:
Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network (MOTN)
Cape Cod
Technology Council
Woods Hole
Business Association
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Revised 17feb2009