Sleipner
Norwegian marine thruster and vessel-control manufacturer; Robosys integration partner at Seawork 2026.
On 11 June 2026 Sleipner integrated up to four of its thrusters with Robosys Automation's VOYAGER AI REMOTE system, adding automatic station-keeping to crewed and uncrewed vessels at Seawork's first autonomy pavilion.
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Sleipner is a Norwegian manufacturer of side-power thrusters, stabilisers and vessel-control systems, fitted across workboats, ferries and offshore support vessels for the commercial marine market.
On 11 June 2026 Sleipner announced a collaboration with UK software firm Robosys Automation at Seawork 2026 in Southampton, integrating up to four of its thrusters with the VOYAGER AI REMOTE control system to provide automatic station-keeping and dynamic positioning on both crewed and uncrewed vessels. The announcement came in the show's first dedicated Autonomous and Remote-Operated Vessel Pavilion.
The partnership positions Sleipner's thrusters as the actuation layer of an autonomous control loop rather than auxiliary manoeuvring aids for a helmsman. No defence contract was disclosed at the launch, but the same architecture applies to uncrewed vessels used in mine-hunting, survey and port security, and Sleipner's Nordic distribution network gives Robosys reach into Scandinavian fleets where autonomous adoption is running ahead of UK regulation.
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