{"id":182390,"date":"2024-02-09T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T01:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/autonomous-underwater-robot-helps-reduce-biofouling-by-ships"},"modified":"2024-02-09T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T01:31:11","slug":"autonomous-underwater-robot-helps-reduce-biofouling-by-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/autonomous-underwater-robot-helps-reduce-biofouling-by-ships","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous underwater robot helps reduce biofouling by ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/autonomous-underwater-robot-helps-reduce-biofouling-by-ships2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ScrubMarine, a pioneering marine sector startup, is diving headfirst into the inaugural cohort of Heriot-Watt University\u2019s DeepTech LaunchPad. The company, led by engineer Clyne Albertelli, is making waves with its underwater robot designed to combat biofouling\u2014a persistent challenge for the shipping industry.<\/p>\n<p>Biofouling is the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, and algae on marine vessels. It poses significant threats to hull structures and propulsion systems.<\/p>\n<p>ScrubMarine\u2019s autonomous underwater robot is on a mission to scrub away these challenges, promising to cut fuel costs, reduce maintenance needs, and <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/energy\/researchers-transform-polluted-water-into-fuel-with-urea-removal\" title=\"minimize environmental impact\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">minimize environmental impact<\/a> for ships, boats, and submarines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ScrubMarine, a pioneering marine sector startup, is diving headfirst into the inaugural cohort of Heriot-Watt University\u2019s DeepTech LaunchPad. The company, led by engineer Clyne Albertelli, is making waves with its underwater robot designed to combat biofouling\u2014a persistent challenge for the shipping industry. Biofouling is the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, and algae on marine vessels. It [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}