Marine advanced robotics (MAR) has developed a family of uncrewed surface vehicles (usvs) based on our patented WAM-v technology

Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to further develop collaborative algorithms for autonomous swarming of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs).

The company's Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel technology provides a family of portable, foldable and energy-efficient USVs that can rapidly deploy and map predefined survey areas without existing infrastructure. Updates to the collaborative algorithms will allow the USVs to autonomously adjust line plans and mapping in real time based on water depth data from onboard sonar systems, as well as optimize deployment based on the number and positioning of vehicles in the swarm. This work supports NOAA's mission to advance innovative technologies for hydrographic surveying applications through the SBIR program.

WAM-v stands for wave adaptive modular vessel a highly stable, portable, foldable, and energy-efficient class of watercraft. These sturdy, scalable usvs can be pre-staged prior to a hurricane, stored in standard shipping containers, and deployed without existing infrastructure; they can be quickly assembled and launched from the beach by a small team of people. Marine advanced robotics and our customers use this versatile USV for multiple hydrographic survey applications, including but not limited to, force multiplier applications with crewed survey vessels. MAR proposes to further develop the collaborative algorithms used in the autonomous teaming of the WAM-VS such that a survey area can be predefined, and the swarm of WAM-VS will autonomously map and make line plan adjustments based on real-time water depth from the sonar, the number of usvs in the SWA