Collecting Ocean Data Using Wind and Solar-Powered Autonomous Boats
In 2019, Open Ocean won NACO’s Most Promising Start-up Award and $100,000 in the Spring Impact Investor Challenge. The company, which is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, now plans to start pilots with Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
Solar-powered drone boats could play pivotal role in forecasting
A new generation of drone boats powered by renewable energy could help revolutionize the forecasting of ocean-related weather. A number of companies have begun producing ocean-going prototypes including the Canadian startup Open Ocean Robotics.
Drones From Open Ocean Robotics Make A Splash, Tackling Winter Storms And More
It’s been a great year for Open Ocean Robotics, a British Columbia-based startup that makes solar-powered drones that can gather environmental data in real time and help address a multitude of issues...
Open Ocean Robotics – Sailing to a Cleaner Future
Open Ocean Robotics - Sailing to a Cleaner Future Foresight Cleantech Accelerator November 25, 2019 An industrial revolution is happening…
Five BC tech startups that are ready to change the world
You’d be hard-pressed to find a BC tech startup that’s having a better 2019 than Open Ocean Robotics. They won NACO’s most promising startup of the year award, took home $100,000 through Spring’s Impact Investor Challenge, and finished in the top 10 of the 2019 New Ventures Competition, presented by Innovate BC.
Victoria Firm Building Robots of the Sea
Open Ocean Robotics creates "robots of the sea", and for that, they've received a $22,000 BC Resource Industry award. "It's a great honour, and we're excited to receive that type of recognition," says Colin Angus who owns the company with his wife Julie.
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