Through its work with B&B Services, CER also discovered its rovers can be much more versatile than their initial goal of collecting plastic. Now the startup is targeting cleanup of hurricane debris, oil spills, dead fish and seaweed – such as the 5,000-mile seaweed belt found near the coast of Florida – in its efforts to clean waterways.
“While our vessels are 5 feet by 5 feet, we believe that by taking a strength in numbers approach with consistent deployments, we can create a meaningful impact in remediation efforts and increase the capacity and safety of work these contractors do,” Arens said.
CER also has improved its rovers by partnering with Australia-based electronics manufacturer Advanced Navigation.
Advanced Navigation’s Cloud Ground Control enables fleet operations of drones or robotic vehicles to be monitored and managed in real time. Using 4G/5G networks, the…
