Pliant joins 2024 Offshore Wind Innovation Hub cohort
The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub selected Pliant as one of six companies in its 2024 accelerator cohort.
Evidence notes
- Pliant was chosen from a pool of 78 applicants.
- The six-month program supported customer engagement and commercialization in offshore wind.
- Pliant used the cohort to refine plans for fielding robots with offshore-wind customers.
Company context
Pliant Energy Systems develops amphibious robots and propulsion systems based on undulating flexible surfaces. Its platforms can swim, crawl and transition between water, sand, snow and ice for nearshore sensing, inspection and mine-countermeasure missions. Its first-party profile lists 24 granted patents and research support from ONR, DOE, NSF, USDA and NYSERDA; NATO DIANA selected the company for its 2026 programme.