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Diver versus Deep Trekker: A Cost /Benefit Analysis

Diver vs ROV: A Comparative Analysis 

Zebra Mussel Invasion

 Discover how using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and imaging technologies can improve underwater asset management with detailed 2D and 3D models. Learn about the benefits of using ROVs for asset inspection and how advanced sensors are being used to accurately pinpoint and display location on a map


Improving Underwater Asset Management with ROVs

Salvage Diving - Looking at the Dangers to Divers

ROVs in Salvage Diving: Improving Safety 

What Types of Software Are Commonly Used For ROVs?

Swearengen is currently a Commercial Inspection and Maintenance Diver and shared three specific cases where he and his team benefitted from the Deep Trekker ROV. 

Screen of Deep Trekker ROV showing the underwater image of a nuclear facility Ontario Power Generation OPG

Customer Success Story: Che Swearengen and Ontario Power Generation

Cooling Tower Maintenance - New Strategic Partnerships

The Many Models of Offshore Platforms

A look at how search and rescue ROVs aid in underwater SAR missions. Identifying the various equipment used to navigate and to identify targets in turbid or murky water.


SAR Buying Guide: Which ROV Package is Right for Your Next Mission

Search and Recovery: How ROVs can aid Police Missions

Tactics for Underwater Large Area Search and Recovery 

ROVs, or underwater drones coupled with navigational sonar systems prove to be ideal tools for cloudy water search & rescue/recovery operations.


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Murky Water Search & Rescue Using an Underwater Drone 

Underwater ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) are submersible, robotic systems, used to observe the depths of large bodies of water by operators from shore, or by divers in the water.

What Are Underwater ROVs & What Are They Used For?

An explanation on how to perform successful UWILD. The guide covers topics such as an inspection checklist, UWILD certification and much more.

UWILD Best Practices

Water Treatment Plant: Benefits of Underwater Cameras

A Guide To Inspecting Your Water Treatment Plant with ROVs

Intro to Marine Research | Best Tools

Read how Stantec Markham’s archeology department used Deep Trekker’s PIVOT ROV to create a pre-construction 3D model of Nassau Mills Dam. 


ROVs for 3D Photogrammetric Modeling

ROVs and sonar can be used to inspect underwater structures such as tunnels. Learn how this inspection technique is used to ensure the safety of underwater structures.

Revolution Rov to be deployed into tunnel by PipeTek

Using Sonar for Tunnel and Infrastructure Inspections

Deep Trekker's technology is now more accessible through Sourcewell's purchasing program, simplifying the procurement process for government entities

Sourcewell Contract Awarded to Deep Trekker for Unmanned ROV Systems

Water Tank Inspection Best Practices with an Underwater ROV

Examining how a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), or an underwater drone, is used to maintain a water intake for Hydroelectric dams. Save time, money, using an ROV

Water Intake Maintenance 101 | Using an Underwater Drone

Conducting Underwater Dam Inspections | ROVs or Divers?

ROV Conducting Underwater Dam Inspections 

ROV Thickness Gauge: The Attachable Tool for Hull Inspections

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Thickness Gauge: The Attachable Tool for Hull Inspections

Security Inspections on Hulls:  Standards that Should Exist

Security Inspections on Hulls: Everything You Need To Know

What is Best For You:  ROV Ownership vs. Servicing

What is Best For You: ROV Ownership vs. ROV Contracting

How Do You Clear Your Trash Racks?

Diveable Controllers Allow for a More Portable ROV & Offer Extra Safety for Divers

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4 Ways Deep Trekker ROVs Can Be The Best Option For Hull Inspections

4 Ways ROVs Can Be The Best Option For Hull Inspections

DTG2 Worker Retrieves Evidence

Diver or ROV? It's Not One or the Other

Ocean shipping is a significant means of transportation for thousands of goods across the globe. Deep Trekker offers various robotic systems to be used for defense and security missions and hull inspections, protecting Canadians from harm across seas.

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Top 3 Robotics for Hull Inspections: Defense & Security

Increase your offshore energy site inspection efficiency with ROVs. Find out how they can help detect potential problems and save you valuable time and money.


How ROVs Can Assist in Offshore Energy Inspections

Top 3 Risks at our Ports

Learn more about what goes into building a robust Deep Trekker ROV. Hear from the Deep Trekker team and the importance of manufacturing, materials and more!

What Makes a Good ROV?

Marine coating inspections are an integral part of the maritime industry. What are the common coating problems, and what are the coating inspectors looking for?

Deep Trekker DTG3 underwater drone inspecting a ship hull underwater.

What to Look For During Marine Coating Inspections

Top Military Use Cases for Underwater Drones

Storm water runoff management is an intricate system that many of us take for granted on a daily basis.  Deep Trekker ROVs are used to inspect these networks, learn more...

Storm Water Systems: All You Need To know 

Learn about future sources of energy such as solar, wind, and hydro plus each energy sources' pros and cons. Find out how ROVs can maximize efficiency in power plants.

Top 7 Most Promising Energy Sources of the Future

Learn about the different techniques for measuring and studying sea ice thickness, and how ROVs can be used to research ice in the Arctic.


Methods for Measuring Sea Ice Thickness in the Arctic 

This document outlines the procedure for upgrading the firmware on BRIDGE products. Currently this includes the DTG3 and Revolution products and their associated controllers. 

Daily Routine Inspections Aquaculture Farmer

BRIDGE Firmware Upgrade Procedure 

When it comes to any large purchase, it’s important to weigh out all the variables before deciding which option fits your needs the best. Purchasing an ROV can be a complicated process, but it doesn’t have to be. The aim of this guide is to help you be able to confidently identify the features/benefits of each model/package and interpret which Deep Trekker ROV is right for you.


The Deep Trekker REVOLUTION ROV placed on a black box on a dock in front of a big blue ship 

ROV Buying Guide | Everything You Need to Know Before You Buy 

We were delighted to speak to Dewald Venter of Ven-Tech Subsea Inspections to learn more about how Dewald and his team use their DTG3. 



Scuba diver underwater pointing flashlight at a Deep Trekker DTG3 underwater ROV

Maximizing Diver Safety with Ven-Tech Subsea Inspections

Water Tank Cleaning with Deep Trekker ROVs & Crawlers

When you start you look underwater, there is always something surprising to find. From sunken shipwrecks, reefs, caves, to lost fishing rods, colorful fish, or even your lost sunglasses. But people are always asking, what is the coolest thing your ROV has ever seen?

ROV Finds Alligator in a Stormwater Pipe

I Know I Have to Inspect my Hull... But Why?

Hull Inspection 101: What You Need to Know

Battery-powered ROVs are smaller than their counterparts, making them effective tools for visual and NDT inspecting FPSOs and other offshore oil and gas structures. 


ROVs for FPSO Inspections

Learn more about the equipment that a small town will need to complete sewer system inspections and cleanings, as well when the cities should contract out or own.

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Essential Sewer Pipe Equipment for a Small Town

Explore the Depths during this Year's Geography Awareness Week

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Celebrating Geography Awareness Week 2022

We were thrilled to speak to William Jensen of Industrial Inspection & Analysis Nuclear Services to learn more about how the IIA team uses their DTG3 ROVs.



Underwater image taken with a DTG3 underwater ROV showing the inside of a blue water tank and silver ladder. 

Non Destructive ROV Examinations with Industrial Inspection & Analysis Nuclear Services 

We were delighted to speak to Amanda Dayton of Foss Maritime. The Seattle Shipyard’s Manager of Contracts and Estimating, Amanda is a driven, ambitious, organized, conscientious engineer with 15 years of detailed engineering experience in marine design, new construction and vessel repair and modifications.

Customer Success Story: Foss Maritime and Amanda Dayton

Top Five Most Important Factors to Consider when Purchasing an ROV

5 Most Important Factors when Purchasing an ROV

Built for municipal pipe inspections, the Deep Trekker DT340 Pipe Crawler is 100% submersible and fully self-contained. The only crawler on the market that requires absolutely no additional equipment such as a service truck or generator. 100% battery powered - the DT340 will last between 4-8 hours on one charge.

Introducing Deep Trekker 340 Pipe Crawler

Introducing the DT340 Pipe Crawler

We were delighted to Canadian Canine Search Corps to learn how this amazing team of volunteers and search dogs help to find and recover the lost and missing.

Team of 6 people in red lifejackets on a black motorboat with "Canadian Canine Search Corps" in white print. Black dog on the front of the boat. 

Optimizing Searches with Canadian Canine Search Corps

The Deep Trekker team was thrilled to work with the City of Toronto on a recent sewer inspection with the REVOLUTION ROV.

Group of employees standing along the shore in downtown Toronto looking at the controller of a Deep Trekker ROV.

City of Toronto Saves Thousands on Pipe Inspections

We were lucky enough to speak to the team at Verreault Navigation to learn more about how they use the DTG3 to enhance day to day operations. 

Deep Trekker DTG3 underwater ROV swimming in the ocean towards a large grey boat propeller. 

Simplifying Operations with Verreault Navigation

Marine Safety - Monitoring Shipping Vessel Impact on Coastal Shores

Monitoring Shipping Vessel Impact on Coastal Shores

In-tank water tower inspections completed with Deep Trekker DTG2 Remotely Operated Vehicles. This video describes how mini ROVs can be used to efficiently and easily complete inspections of potable water towers.

Affordable ROV Performs Potable Water Tank Inspections

10 Common Misconceptions Surrounding Aquaculture

CCTV camera inspections of storm water systems ensure the integrity of the pipe, minimizing risks of contamination, flooding, and blockages. Recently, the Town of Renfrew purchased a Deep Trekker DT340 pipe crawler to complete their own storm water system inspections at a fraction of the cost.

CCTV Storm Water Pipe Crawler Inspection 

CCTV Storm Water Inspection

Deep Trekker DTG2 ROV was used to track munitions surrogates underwater to help company CH2M with their munitions response project. You can see the surrogates captured on the DTG2 ROV. 
Read the full story here: https://www.deeptrekker.com/deep-trekker-tackles-underwater-munitions-response-project/

Underwater Munitions Response with Underwater Drone

We were thrilled to speak to Brian Wilson and Joseph Valenzuela of Diversified Project Services to learn more about how they use their ROV to optimize their inspections.

Underwater image of the bottom of a firewater tank with silty bottom and rust coloured walls 

How DPSI Saves Thousands of Dollars on Tank Inspections

Underwater Robots Perfect for Power Production

Examining the use of a Deep Trekker DT340 Pipe Crawler to aid in sinkhole prevention. What causes sinkholes and how regular infrastructure inspections limit costly repairs and unwarranted closures.

Sinkhole Prevention: Avoiding Costly Repairs

We spoke to City of Lethbridge firefighter and water rescue team member Brendon Pyne to learn more about how he and his crew use their DTG3.

City of Lethbridge Firefighter and Water Rescue - Using ROVs to Optimize Missions

Underwater Drones Improving Shellfish Aquaculture

Deep Trekker is proud to offer two innovative remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with the DTG3 and the REVOLUTION. 


Deep Trekker's underwater ROVs the DTG3 and the REVOLUTION swimming underwater in open water

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