Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures. For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Ship builders worked more than three years to complete the primary hull structure of the USS Gerald R. Ford. A 1,050-metric ton gantry crane this week was used to lift one of the ...

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has introduced SafeHull '96 and SafeNet, announced Chairman Frank J. Iarossi. SafeHull '96 is an extension of ABS' revolutionary SafeHull system, a dynamic-based ...

This is the goal of a EU-funded project called HISMAR (Hull Identification System for Marine Autonomous Robotics). European researchers and engineers are working on an automated robotic cleaning ...

The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan outlines a path forward that includes less near-term growth in fleet size but reaches and sustains a 355-ship fleet sooner than last year’s plan. According ...

(Nanowerk News) For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also trained dolphins and sea lions ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also trained dolphins and sea ...