China offers sea cable detection tech to clients in Middle East, Europe and Asia

China offers sea cable detection tech to clients in Middle East, Europe and Asia The move is expected to boost the country’s competitive standing in the global marine engineering sector China aimed to secure its position in the marine equipment sector by introducing this technology to potential clients in these regions, the official newspaper reported last Monday. “By deepening cooperation in [these] offshore engineering markets, we will integrate Chinese intelligent cable detection solutions into the global ecosystem and bolster the international competitiveness of domestic marine equipment,” the report said. Developed by a team at Dalian Jiaotong University, the robots can locate cables buried under silt with a positioning error of less than 5 per cent and also cover exposed lines with sediment for protection. They can operate around the clock at depths of up to 300 metres (984 feet) and maintain stability in turbulent ocean currents. “We gave a robot two complementary eyes,” Chen Shaohua, a professor at Dalian Jiaotong’s school of railway intelligent engineering, told Science and Technology Daily.