Kerala Firm Develops India's First Underwater Robotic Drone, DRDO is First Customer
Source: PTI
Sep 15 , 2018
The drone can send real-time video of ships and other underwater structures to help with their repair and maintenance.
Kochi: India’s first underwater robotic drone developed at a hardware incubator here, which can send real-time video of ships and other underwater structures to help with their repair and maintenance, was launched Friday. It was handed over to the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO.
The first commercial Remotedly Operated Vehicle (ROV)/underwater drone, EYEROVTUNA, was developed by EyeROV Technologies, a company incubating at Maker Village which is said to be 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, a Maker Village release said.
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