Underwater solutions company SMD has teamed up with UK-headquartered tech player Beam to deploy AI-powered autonomous vehicles for offshore wind operations using Beam’s software. The collaboration aims to boost efficiency in offshore wind farm maintenance by combining advanced subsea technologies.

According to SMD, Beam has acquired the company’s Quantum EV, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), to integrate its subsea perception system, SubSLAM, which runs on Beam’s Pathfinder software. This setup is said to enable autonomous piloting in deep, high-current offshore environments.