Ocean Infinity
Data & Technology Company
Ocean Infinity is a marine robotics company based in Austin, Texas, United States, and Southampton, United Kingdom, that was founded in 2017. The company uses robots to obtain information from the ocean and seabed.
History
Ocean Infinity is based in Austin, Texas, and Southampton, England, and was founded in July 2017. The company is led by CEO Oliver Plunkett and is privately held. Ocean Infinity was created after recognising the effectiveness of using marine robots in scale to acquire and analyse data from the oceans.
Robots
Ocean Infinity operates two robotic fleets; the Armada fleet and the Infinity fleet. The Infinity fleet is made up of 14 autonomous underwater vehicles that operate globally in the oceans, along with the Armada fleet of robotic ships. The fleets are equipped with sensors and navigation technology capable of operating down to 6,000 meters (20,000 ft) depth. The company reported in May 2022 that the first of 23 Armada surface vessels had recently been launched in Vietnam.
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Details
Ocean Infinity was involved in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in early 2018, deploying Seabed Constructor between January and May without success.
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