Orpheus Ocean
About
About Orpheus Ocean
Orpheus Ocean combines vehicle development with seafloor survey and monitoring services. Its AUV supports three operating modes: surveying an area, remaining at a fixed point for passive or periodic monitoring, and interacting with the seabed to collect samples. A modular instrument bay lets the company configure a vehicle around the measurements required by each mission.
Payload options include multibeam sonar, magnetometers and sediment corers for geoscientific work, plus hydrophones and water-property sensors for environmental measurements. Biological configurations can carry cameras or environmental-DNA sampling equipment. The V1 platform is rated to 6,000 metres and uses an altimeter, Doppler velocity log and inertial navigation, linking deep-water mobility to several distinct data-collection methods.
Products
- Orpheus AUV
Orpheus
Team
- Jake Russell - Co-founder & CEO - Co-founder & CEO
- Casey Machado - Co-founder & CTO - Co-founder & CTO
- Chris DeCollibus - Vice President, Development - Vice President, Development
- Francesca Daszak - Founding Robotics Engineer - Founding Robotics Engineer
Timeline
Events
- 2025-12-10 - Award - Orpheus Ocean selected for NATO DIANA's 2026 programme
Orpheus Ocean was named in NATO DIANA's 2026 company cohort. The selection provides access to accelerator sites, test centres and allied defence users. The company was selected in an autonomy, maritime, sensing, communications or related dual-use challenge area.
Source - 2024-11-11 - Capability - Orpheus Ocean publicly introduced its autonomous deep-sea robotics mission
The company described a mission to illuminate and measure the deep ocean. Its approach combines autonomous technology with mass manufacturing. Target environments include the abyssal and hadal ocean.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- NATO DIANA
Programme Participant - Orpheus Ocean selected through NATO DIANA.
Context
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Context tags
- Maritime robotics ecosystem - Stack Layer - Official profile evidence supports maritime robotics companies.
- Maritime autonomy companies - Stack Layer - Official profile evidence supports maritime autonomy companies.
- Maritime operations - Customer Environment - Official profile evidence supports maritime operations.