WHOI Center for Marine Robotics 2nd Annual Marine Robotics Entrepreneurship Forum: Panel 2 (Low-cost Vehicles)

1. Affordable Vehicle Panel
Riptide
Presented by Jeffrey M. Smith
President & CEO
July2016

2. Who We Are
• Started in January 2015
• Principals
• Jeffrey Smith – CEO – 20+ years Defense, 10+ years in UUVs
• Dr. Dani Goldberg – SW Principal – 20+ yrs in Autonomy, 10+ yrs in UUVs
• Dr. Stefano Brizzolara – Naval Arch Principal – 20+ years
• 9 Current Employees, Opening in Software
• Currently working from Greentown Labs, Somerville, MA

3. Riptide Innovation
• Persistence - Efficiency coupled with energy capacity is a very big
deal
• Electrical Efficiency – Focused on low power processing
• Hydrodynamic Efficiency – Focused on low drag
• Energy Capacity – Exclusively partnered with Open Water Power
• Game Changing – Estimated 5 kWh on a micro-UUV
• Flexibility
• Open HW and SW Interfaces
• Extensive use of Open Source
• High COTS Content
• Rapid Manufacturing
• Building a robust user community
• Affordability

4. • Typical Start-up Challenges
• Bandwidth
• Cash Flow
• Resources
• Where we have excelled
• Staff
• Advisors
• Partnerships
Challenges

5. UUV Technology Challenges
• Energy
 Energy Density
 Certification
 Platform Storage
• Reliability
 Mission Endurance
• Host Platform Interface
 Launch and Recovery
• Autonomy
• Mission Planning
• Affordability

6. For further information, please contact: Jeff Smith
617.820.4586
Jeff@RiptideAS.com
Questions?