Meet EyeROV TUNA, India’s 1st commercial underwater drone
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India’s first underwater robotic drone
India’s first underwater robotic drone developed at Maker Village, Kochi , which can send real-time video of ships and other underwater structures to help with their repair and maintenance, was launched on Friday.
(All pictures are taken from eyerov.com)
(All pictures are taken from eyerov.com)
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First commercial ROV
The first commercial remotedly operated vehicle (ROV)/ underwater drone, Eyerovtuna, was developed by EyeROV Technologies, a company incubating at Maker Village which is the largest hardware incubator in the country. NPOL, a laboratory of Delhi-headquartered defence research and development organisation (DRDO), made the first order of the product.
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The deep navigator
The robotic drone,can be navigated up to a depth of 50 meters to take real-time HD video images to examine ship hulls or undersea cables or bridge moorings, eliminating the need for costlier and riskier manual inspection by divers.
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High manoeuvring capability at low cost
EyeROV, which was tested on India’s first solar ferry in Kerala’s Vaikom, offers high manoeuvring capability at low cost and can be put to uses ranging from inspections of ship hulls, ports, dams and nuclear power plants, to search and rescue, naval mine detection and ocean studies.
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The startup push
The development of the product of EyeROV was largely supported by Kerala Start up Mission (KSUM) through various schemes.
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Product for defence purposes
NPOL Director S Kedarnath Shenoy received the ROV from Dr Saji Gopinath, CEO Kerala Startup Mission. The drone will be used by NPOL for research and development activities which in turn would result in commercial product for defence purposes.
(In pic: Dr Saji Gopinath, CEO Kerala Startup Mission greets Kannappa Palaniappan P and Johns T Mathai of EyeROV Technologies after the launching of underwater robotic drone EYEROVTUNA developed by EyeRov Technologies , at a function at Kifra Hi-Tech Park, Kalamassery)
(In pic: Dr Saji Gopinath, CEO Kerala Startup Mission greets Kannappa Palaniappan P and Johns T Mathai of EyeROV Technologies after the launching of underwater robotic drone EYEROVTUNA developed by EyeRov Technologies , at a function at Kifra Hi-Tech Park, Kalamassery)