The C Bud

C Robotics offers a novel range of sustainable yet effective and least destructive methods for large-scale harvesting of bivalves and shellfish like wild or farmed scallops, sea urchins, sea cucumber, oysters, mussels, seagrass, seaweed, starfish etc. It’s designed and made for commercial fisheries, for the battle against invasive aquatic species or other similar tasks, such as, removal of dead fish inside fish cages.

The C Bud has proven itself to be just as effective compared to traditional methods such as bottom dragging. Yet, the C Bud are far gentler to the harvested species, the bycatch, and the seabed.

The C Bud is a tracked platform capable of harvesting benthic species in its full width, filtrating the bycatch and putting this back instantly and unharmed to the seabed, before sending the harvested species directly to the vessel for further storage or processing.

The C Bud it is designed to have minimal to no impact on the seabed or on its working surface.

The C Bud can not only operate efficiently on even bottoms, but also on slopes with major obstructions from rocks and marine vegetation. Larger obstructions etc. can be avoided by manoeuvring the C Bud around them. Operators of the C Bud is following the operation via a video feed on a screen in the operating room.

The C Bud is robust, user friendly and has low maintenance. It can be equipped with positioning system, several cameras and lights, for monitoring both seabed and the work in progress.

By using C Robotics products one can, like in Norway, gain access to new areas currently blocked by local regulations when it comes to seabed bottom dredging. Divers can also, in many cases, be replaced by using our harvesting equipment.

The C Bud is extensively tested by Akvaplan-niva AS (Norwegian Institute for Water Research) and NOFIMA in Norway, and The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has granted a license to harvest Clamys Islandica (Island Scallops) to Safe Offshore AS, by using The C Buds non-destructive and sustainable harvesting method.

C Robotics aims to make a change globally for certain aspects of the fisheries, the climate, and not at least for the oceans.

Highlights from reports after testing Read more Invasive Species Read more Sustainability of the C Bud versus traditional draggers Read more Minimal impact Read more The C Bud is protected by the following patents Read more