Across offshore energy, commercial maritime, and defense, deploying people and equipment into subsea environments remains complex, specialist, and high-risk work, with individual campaigns often exceeding £100,000 per mission. As autonomous systems become central to maritime operations, SeaBot Maritime, GRi Simulations Inc., and Frontier Robotics have delivered a new simulation platform that enables operators to safely train and validate AI-enabled systems before deployment at sea.

Screenshot of GRi Simulations’ VROV marine operations simulator configured to model offshore ROV inspection missions and support testing of AI-enabled subsea autonomy systems. (Image credit: GRi Simulations Inc.)

Developed as part of a UK government-funded initiative awarded by the AI Security Institute, the platform allows autonomous subsea systems to be tested within a realistic digital offshore environment prior to live deployment.…