Bedrock Ocean Exploration is a Public Benefit Corporation that develops proprietary robotics and software to explore, map, and classify the entirety of Earth's ocean floor. Its technical domains include robotics, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), sensor systems, a cloud-native data platform, and edge computing, which involve automation, data processing, and scalable software solutions.
The company designs custom AUVs equipped with multibeam echosounders, side-scan sonar, magnetometers, and sub-bottom profilers, achieving sensor accuracy of 1-2 meters and battery life up to 12 hours on lithium-ion batteries. Its cloud-native platform enables real-time QA/QC, scalable data processing, and delivers seabed intelligence, producing maps 50 times more detailed than the current best public map.
Industry applications include energy development, critical infrastructure monitoring, security and defense operations, and foundational scientific research. Bedrock supports the global Seabed 2030 initiative and aims to provide a free, publicly available map of the oceans, focusing on democratizing access to ocean data.
