Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001849820-25-000108
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Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 by legacy solutions, Nauticus has developed innovative, value-driven technologies. Our flagship autonomous fully electric vehicle, Aquanaut, provides advantages over conventional tethered Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and untethered Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), including:

•Enhanced capability to operate in deep and complex environments without the limitations of tether management.

•Fully electric seven degrees of freedom patent protected manipulators.

•Reduction in operational costs and carbon footprint using smaller deployment vessels and elimination of onboard generators. lower greenhouse gas emissions, and quieter operations to minimize ecological impact.

•Increased mission efficiency through autonomous execution versus manual control, reducing crew requirements and improving safety.

•Enhanced data collection, with higher fidelity providing actionable insight.

•Capable of collecting physical samples, providing valuable data for regulatory compliance, asset integrity, and damage assessments.

•Stealth capabilities in defense scenarios by eliminating surface vessel presence.

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Aquanaut represents the next generation of subsea robotics integrating eight independent thrusters to precisely propel and position a hull design to maximize efficiency and speed high-resolution data collection, and autonomous fully electric manipulation comparable to traditional ROV operations.

Product Portfolio

Aquanaut Autonomous Vehicles

Nauticus Robotics has three autonomous vehicles. One vehicle is currently operational, a second vehicle is undergoing certification for operations and the third vehicle is still to be assembled.

Aquanaut has demonstrated superior capabilities in safety assurance, operational efficiency, asset integrity, and regulatory compliance through its ability to collect high-resolution subsea data. Aquanaut is engineered to operate to a depth of 3000 meters.

ToolKITT Software Suite 

ToolKITT is a sophisticated software platform that governs Nauticus’ suite of robotic products. It enables robots to perceive their environment, navigate in three dimensions, make autonomous decisions, and execute tasks with minimal human intervention. ToolKITT relies on the Robot Operating System (ROS), leveraging an open-source framework to accelerate development and deployment. The software is hardware-agnostic, enabling adaptation across various robotic platforms.

ToolKITT has been deployed on third party commercial ROVs and competing robotic platforms, enhancing Nauticus’ ability to offer advanced inspection and intervention services. This software also plays a critical role in next-generation inspection services, a key industry need for ensuring the integrity of subsea pipelines and offshore infrastructure.

Olympic Arm Electric Manipulator

The Olympic Arm is a fully electric subsea manipulator designed for complex intervention tasks on both work-class ROVs and Aquanaut. Its patented electric