# Hullbot: company

Canonical ID: `5b0c614e-6fb8-4b92-a17b-ae3468d83690`

## Key facts

- **Robot:** Autonomous underwater robots with brush-equipped arms for cleaning and inspecting boat and ferry hulls.
- **Focus:** Marine robotics aimed at reducing antifouling needs, fuel consumption, and invasive species spread.
- **Stage:** Private company.

- **Slug:** hullbot
- **Status:** active
- **HQ:** Sydney, Australia

## Models

- [Hullbot](/models/hullbot-robot.md) (underwater_drone) (id: `cf4c0a93-1edc-4538-9bfd-8c937472b167`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Tom Loefler](/people/tom-loefler.md) Co-Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Karl Watfern](/people/karl-watfern.md) Co-Founder & CTO (secondary-verified)

## Founders (2)

- [Tom Loefler](/people/tom-loefler.md) (cofounder)
- [Karl Watfern](/people/karl-watfern.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (1)

1. https://www.hullbot.com/

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