underwater-robotics
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David Lane and the trouble with a perfect demonstration
Before he co-founded SeeByte, David Lane worked as a North Sea diver. His career in underwater robots, company building and public research has kept returning to one awkward question: what happens when a clever machine meets the real world?
Oliver Gunasekara and the rocks he wants to leave behind
After a career helping chips reach phones and video reach screens, Oliver Gunasekara turned to the ocean floor. His next business depended on teaching a robot which rocks to pick up - and which to leave alone.
Grace Chia and the trouble with the boat
She spent years selling underwater robots, then built a company to rethink the machinery around them. For the BeeX co-founder, cutting the tether also meant learning to change her own mind.
Charles Chiau and the Art of Building Where Pressure Wins
He learned engineering in places where a loose screw can cost a day and the ocean punishes wishful thinking. Now the Bedrock co-founder is turning two decades of vehicle-building into a fleet designed to make the seafloor legible.
SeeByte makes rival robots work together
Different vehicles. Different navies. One shared mission. The Edinburgh software company has built its business around the awkward business of getting underwater machines to cooperate.
BeeX
The Singapore deeptech cutting the tether on underwater inspection - autonomous drones that survey ships, wind farms and seabeds without divers, ROV pilots or a support vessel overhead.