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Eelume
Photo: Eelume AS with Kongsberg Maritime and Equinor (official image), from kongsbergmaritime.com. Image policy
PrototypeNorwaySupervised

Eelume AS with Kongsberg Maritime and Equinor · underwater vehicle

Eelume

A flexible snake-like robot from an NTNU spin-off meant to stay underwater at docking stations and carry out inspection jobs either fully autonomously or under remote control, down to about 500 m.

Price
—No public price
Autonomy
SupervisedHow it runs
Driverless
TestingDriverless tests only
Fleet
—See details below
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published

Why it matters

A snake-shaped AUV designed to live permanently on the seabed at docking stations.

Real-world use

Tested in November-December 2016; the company targeted market availability in late 2019.

Timeline

First shown
2016-11
Released
Not yet
Sea tests

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Driverless tests only
Where it runs
Norway (tests)
Fleet
Not published

Public attention

How much public attention Eelume gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

Eelume is the only vehicle from Eelume AS with Kongsberg Maritime and Equinor in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedNo public price
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Kongsberg Maritime Robotic 'Snake' Video Released

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