n May 2025, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), a global grand event for marine energy and underwater technology, was grandly held at NRG Park in Houston, USA. As a leader in the global underwater robot industry, Chasing Innovation showcased its flagship product, the Gladius X100, stunning the audience with innovative underwater robot solutions that drive the intelligent upgrading of marine energy, renewable energy, and marine conservation sectors. This international exhibition, gathering over 50,000 industry elites from more than 100 countries and 2,000 exhibitors, witnessed Chasing Innovation securing strategic cooperation opportunities, gaining industry authoritative recognition, and boosting market expansion momentum.
Live Demonstrations Ignite Attention: Omnidirectional Current Resistance, Precise Inspection
The Gladius X100 attracted the attention of industry experts from oil and gas development, offshore wind power operation and maintenance, marine scientific research, and other fields around the world. This intelligent omnidirectional current-resistant robot, with a 4.5-knot cruising speed and 4.5-knot current resistance capacity, can stably perform complex tasks such as oil and gas platform foundation detection, submarine cable inspection, and wind power pile foundation monitoring in strong ocean current environments. Equipped with the AnchorX intelligent omnidirectional current-resistant system composed of an electronic gimbal camera and a Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), the Gladius X100 ensures the robot remains as stable as a rock even in turbulent waters or under heavy loads. The electronic gimbal camera provides a 180° hemispherical field of view and a 100° viewing frame, and can also flip with one click to complete 360° panoramic shooting, outputting high-definition images even in rapid currents.
An immersive interactive experience area was specially set up at the event, where participating guests could personally operate two industry flagship models, the Gladius P200 PRO and P100 S. Through the simulation of the full-process underwater operation scenarios, participants could intuitively experience the precise displacement control brought by the eight-thruster vector layout equipped on the devices, as well as the stable performance optimized by intelligent algorithms. From the precise grasping of the robotic arm to the real-time feedback of the sonar imaging system, the multi-dimensional interactive sessions fully demonstrated the outstanding stability, user-friendly control logic, and full-scenario operation adaptability of this series of products in complex water environments, winning high praise from technical experts in marine exploration, water conservancy detection, and other fields.
Modular Multi-Accessory Integration Unlocks Full-Scenario Applications
The open platform design of the Gladius X100 supports the quick disassembly and assembly of professional accessories to meet diverse scenario needs:
- Cathodic protection probe: Real-time monitoring of the corrosion layer loss of submarine pipelines;
- Ultrasonic thickness gauge: Accurate evaluation of the thickness of underwater structures;
- Underwater positioning system: Precise positioning of underwater coordinates (latitude and longitude);
- Multi-beam imaging sonar: Scanning and imaging terrain and targets in turbid water.
This "core platform + on-demand configuration" modular design enables the Gladius X100 single device to cover multi-scenario needs, elevating the efficiency and safety of traditional underwater operations to a new dimension. An oil engineer at the scene exclaimed: "Its agility and current resistance performance far exceed traditional ROVs, and the efficiency of offshore operations will be greatly improved!"
Strategic Cooperation Usher in a New Chapter
During the exhibition, Chasing Innovation conducted in-depth discussions with industry experts from marine energy sectors and international manufacturers from various countries, seeking cooperation in the integration of Chasing's underwater robot open platform, promoting the stable and efficient execution of detection tasks in complex deep-sea environments, and the layout of global distribution networks. It is foreseeable that Chasing Innovation, a "Chinese intelligent manufacturing" enterprise, will participate more in the European and American marine energy markets and develop customized underwater robot solutions.
Industry Trend Insight: Targeting Green Energy and AI Empowerment
The OTC 2025 exhibition also opened up a more strategically valuable development dimension for the Chasing Innovation team, with a deep focus on cutting-edge fields such as offshore wind power operation and maintenance, marine ecological intelligent monitoring, industrial digital transformation, and sustainable development. Industry experts unanimously recognize that the "AI + marine engineering" technology path has significant forward-looking value — the Gladius X100 underwater robot, through the deep integration of artificial intelligence and marine equipment, completes automatic cruise and intelligent inspection, providing an innovative paradigm for the transformation and upgrading of the industry.
Global Brand Influence Soars
As a leading brand in the portable underwater robot field, Chasing Innovation has attracted reports from the organizer's media with its hardcore product strength. From being a "tech internet celebrity" on social media to a "transformative force" in the mouths of industry experts, the OTC, a cutting-edge event in marine technology, has not only verified Chasing Innovation's technical strength but also opened the door for its wider application in energy, national defense, marine conservation, and other fields.
Forge Ahead Through Waves, Exploration Knows No Bounds
After the Gladius X100 shone brightly at the OTC exhibition, Chasing Innovation is ready to go, will continue to deepen its roots in the global marine technology market, strengthen strategic cooperation with partners, upgrade core technologies to flexibly adapt to the evolving market demands, and constantly explore the unknown areas beneath the sea surface.
