planBlue

Planblue is providing an intelligent (detailed) seafloor mapping technology, a so-called ‘Underwater Satellite’. This Underwater Satellite is used to improve ocean conservation and support (environmentally-friendly) industrial activities. Planblue’s Underwater Satellite is able to automatically scan and map the seafloor, as well as man-made underwater constructions. It combines hyperspectral and RGB imaging with underwater navigation and artificial intelligence. The technology can be trained to identify and map many things, incl. plastic waste pollution on the seafloor, the effect of climate change on the health status of our seafloor, the degradation of underwater constructions, presence of invasive algae, biodiversity, algal growth for biofuels, etc. As such, our technology can be used for long-time monitoring of seafloor areas, to conduct environmental impact analyses and to inspect underwater constructions with high precision and at low cost.