Partnership
Square Robot x Kraken Robotics
Strategic partnership for Kraken to design, manufacture and support advanced sensors and robotic systems for Square Robot. Kraken became exclusive manufacturing and product support partner and minority shareholder, with expected 70 units over 5 years.
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- manufacturing
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2016-06-1010.2 years ago
- Start
- 2016-06-1010.2 years ago
- Active for
- 10.2 years
Who’s involved
US robotics company specializing in autonomous submersible robots for in-service inspection of aboveground storage tanks. Its [SR-3](/models/square-robot-sr3) platform performs API 653 and EEMUA 159-compliant internal tank inspections while tanks remain online, eliminating confined space entry. Founded in 2016 by former [Bluefin Robotics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluefin_Robotics) executives in Massachusetts, Square Robot has inspected over 400 tanks globally for clients including ExxonMobil and Marathon Petroleum.
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[Kraken](/companies/kraken-robotics) Robotics is a Canadian subsea sensor and robotics company based in St. John's, Newfoundland, developing synthetic aperture sonar and underwater robotics (KATFISH) for naval mine countermeasures, seabed survey, and underwater defense applications.
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