Unplugged

Summary

About

About Unplugged

Unplugged develops contactless power and data interfaces for subsea vehicles, tools and rotating machinery. Its inductive modules span sensor-level power through multi-kilowatt charging, transferring energy across a sealed gap where exposed electrical connectors would corrode, wear or require frequent maintenance.

Subsea docking stations let AUVs recharge and exchange data while remaining underwater, with configurations for fixed, buoy-mounted and mobile or towed deployment. Current systems support torpedo-shaped and flat vehicles, power from 200 watts to 2.5 kilowatts and aggregated data rates up to 10 gigabits per second, with a 25-kilowatt roadmap. Inductive swivels also carry power and communications through continuous rotation for robotic tool changing and harsh industrial equipment.

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Operations

Operating use

  • Operating use

    2025-01-24 - Unplugged charging and communications interfaces supported Hydrone-R through 240 days of continuous subsea residency at the Njord field. - Hydrone-R / Njord resident-drone programme - Njord field

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Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • Saipem

    Outbound - Power Communications - Unplugged supplies subsea charging and communications interface for Saipem Hydrone-R resident subsea drone

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Team

  • Thomas J. J. Meyer, PhD - COO - Leads operations for the company’s inductive power and data-interface business.
  • Geir Olav Gyland - Wireless Power Pioneer and Partner - Provides technical leadership for Unplugged’s subsea inductive-transfer systems.

Timeline

Events

  • 2026-09-14 - Partnership - Unplugged joins Ocean Autonomy Cluster

    The cluster highlighted Unplugged's work in subsea autonomy, defence applications and harsh-environment industrial systems. Unplugged identified persistent underwater surveillance and protection of critical subsea infrastructure as priority areas for member collaboration. The company plans to contribute through workshops, joint demonstrations and national and European maritime-autonomy funding initiatives.

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  • 2025-12-10 - Award - Unplugged selected for NATO DIANA's 2026 cohort

    The programme provides contractual funding and access to DIANA accelerator sites and test centres. The selection supports development and validation of dual-use technology against an Allied defence and security challenge.

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  • 2025-01-24 - Deployment - Unplugged supports 240-day Hydrone-R residency at Njord

    Hydrone-R was recovered on 24 January 2025 after remaining deployed from 20 May 2024 at about 330 metres depth. The vehicle completed untethered autonomous inspection and leak-detection work while continuing its normal drill-support duties. A Blue Logic docking station used Unplugged inductive charging and communications so the vehicle could recharge and offload data on the seabed.

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  • 2024-06-05 - Deployment - Unplugged enables 167-day subsea drone residency at Njord

    Hydrone-R completed more than 280 docking and undocking actions during the continuous subsea period. The residency included more than 10 autonomous missions and 35 manipulations, including valve opening and closing. Unplugged designed the inductive couplers installed in both the charging station and the underwater intervention drone.

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Relations

Relationships

  • NTNU

    Access Auv Research Partner - Unplugged and NTNU participate in the ACCESS-AUV programme that demonstrated underwater refuelling in motion.

  • EIVA

    Access Auv Programme Partner - Unplugged and EIVA participate in the ACCESS-AUV programme for submerged AUV docking, wireless charging and rapid data offload.

  • Blue Logic AS

    Subsea Docking Technology Partner - Unplugged and Blue Logic combine wireless charging and communications with subsea docking infrastructure for Njord and ACCESS-AUV.

  • Equinor

    Deployment Partner - Unplugged wireless charging and data interfaces are used in the resident-drone programme at Equinor's Njord field.

  • Saipem

    Hydrone R Deployment Partner - Unplugged charging and communications interfaces support Saipem's Hydrone-R resident subsea operations at Equinor's Njord field.

  • Ocean Autonomy Cluster

    Member Company - Unplugged is a member of Ocean Autonomy Cluster and contributes wireless subsea power and data expertise to maritime-autonomy collaboration.

Context

Comparable profiles

Shared workflows

Context tags

  • Robotics power-systems layer - Stack Layer - Company profile and first-party sources support this operating context.
  • Subsea robotics ecosystem - Stack Layer - Company profile and first-party sources support this operating context.
  • Subsea inspection - Workflow - Company profile and first-party sources support this operating context.