Saipem and WSense have agreed to jointly develop communication networks for subsea drones.
(Courtesy Saipem)
Offshore staff
SAN DONATO MILANESE, Italy – Saipem and Italian start-up WSense have agreed to jointly develop communication networks for subsea drones.
The partnership will design multi-purpose intelligent nodes to interface with underwater drones engineered and operated by Saipem subsidiary Sonsub.
Goals include advancing wireless interconnection of underwater equipment and sensors and the integration of diverse systems and technologies.
Saipem expects its resident subsea drones and ROVs to benefit through being able to autonomously perform complex tasks requiring the exchange of data for positioning and supervising subsea infrastructure, leading to creation of an underwater Internet of Things (IoT).
