PanGeo Subsea, which was bought by fellow Newfoundland and Labrador company Kraken Robotics in July, will lead a $3.4 million Ocean Supercluster project to develop seafloor imaging technology for offshore energy installations.
Also on board are British Columbia’s Cellula Robotics and Memorial University’s Marine Institute. Canada’s Ocean Supercluster will ante up more than half of the funding -- $2 million -- with the rest coming from the three private-sector partners.
They will work to modify PanGeo’s existing acoustic imaging system to scan wider areas, as well as penetrate below the