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Deep-sea robotic survey and data processing methods for regional-scale estimation of manganese crust distribution

Umesh Neettiyah, Blair Thornton, Mehul Sangekar, Yuya Nishida, Kazuo Ishii, Adrian Bodenmann, Takumi Sato, Tamaki Ura & Akira Asada, 2020, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 46(1), 102-114

DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2020.2978967

Type: article

Underwater vehicle, expansion recovery system for underwater vehicle, and expansion recovery method for underwater vehicle

Kenji Nagahashi, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Kagami, Takeshi Oki, Takeshi Nakatani, Yuya Nishida, Blair Thornton, Kotohiro Masuda & Kazunori Nagano, 2020

Type: patent

Application of SeaXerocks on habitat mapping for the deep-sea megabenthos around cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in Arnold Guyot of the northwestern Pacific - from the perspective of "whale's eye view"

A. Iguchi, R. Miwa, T. Koike, M. Ohhara, H. Sugishima, H. Yokooka, T. Fukuhara, M. Suzumura, A. Tsukasaki, Y. Tanaka, N. Iwasaki, B. Thornton, T. Fujii, S. Kato, Y. Igarashi, N. Okamoto & A. Suzuki, 2019

Type: conference

Unmanned diving machine, acoustic communication system, and program

Akihiko Nishitani, Junichi Kojima, Takeshi Nakatani, Takeshi Oki, Yuya Nishida & Blair Thornton, 2019

Type: patent

Deploying device for underwater vessel, towing device, deploying system for underwater vessel, and deploying method for underwater vessel

Kenji Nagahashi, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Kagami, Takeshi Oki, Takeshi Nakatani, Yuya Nishida, Blair Thornton, Kotohiro Masuda & Kazunori Nagano, 2019

Type: patent

Recovery device for underwater vessel, towing device, recovery system for underwater vessel, and recovery method for underwater vessel

Kenji Nagahashi, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Kagami, Takeshi Oki, Takeshi Nakatani, Yuya Nishida, Blair Thornton, Kotohiro Masuda & Kazunori Nagano, 2019

Type: patent

Development of elemental technologies for seafloor mineral processing of seafloor massive sulfides

Blair Thornton, Yasuharu Nakajima, Joji Yamamoto, Tomoko Takahashi, Yuta Yamabe, Gjergj Dodbiba & Toyohisa Fujita, 2019

DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2019-96040

Type: conference