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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

*World's only robot capable of cleaning freely on curved surfaces. Over 30

patents registered in 16 countries including the US

*Selected as government project supervising company-started 'developing

technology for processing organisms attached on a ship's hull'

*Most highlighted maritime SME, CEO Kim Yusik, "contributing to

environment-friendliness of the maritime industry"

"We have commercialized an economical and environment-friendly underwater robot

cleaning system for the first in the world." Awarded the new technology

representative certification in the mechanics field by the Ministry of Trade,

Industry and Energy the next year after its establishment, Tas Global, led by

CEO Kim, is showing solid technological strength.

The hull cleaning robot of Tas Global attaches strongly and softly on ships

underwater and on the water surface. It is the only robot capable of cleaning

while moving freely on curved surfaces. The robot is operated by various

sensors and 8 cameras facing all directions. While the robot's body weighs

200kg, it moves smoothly by maintaining positive buoyancy. An in-house

developed portable filtration system of Tas Global, connected to the robot's

body, can clean microorganisms and microparticles in 3 stages.

Selected as supervising company for government project of 'ship hull attached

organisms processing technology development'

With the world's first and best technology, Tas Global was selected as the

supervising company of this year's government project 8 years after its

establishment.

The company was selected as the supervisor of the research project 'Development

of Technology for Processing Organisms Attached on Ship's Hull" executed for

the 'clean sea, rich fish field' national policy assignment of the Ministry of

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

In this project, supported with 16.3 billion KRW during 5 years, institutions

including Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering(KRISO), Korea

Register(KR), Korea Maritime Institute(KMI), Korea Testing & Research

Institute(KTR), Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute(KOMERI), Snsys, Proxy

Healthcare, Safetech Research, etc. jointly participated.

The commissioned institutions are Korea Maritime University, Changwon

University and Gyemyeong University, while the beneficiary organization is HMM.

Additionally, as an international treaty on cleaning ships in water using new

technologies would be drafted and enacted jointly by International Maritime

Organization(IMO), United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) and Global

Environment Facility(GEF) within 3 years, the successful performance of this

assignment has become crucial than ever.

Prior to this, Tas Global joined the international industry association of

IMO's The GloFouling Partnerships Project as the first in East Asia to set its

environment-friendly robot technology as an international standard.

When the international treaty established, maritime shipping companies must

have organisms attached to the underwater body of ships removed and maintain

the organism attachment at a state below a certain level (minor seaweeds).

Tas Global is evaluated as the most competitive, being the only company that

has developed and commercialized a robot technology that attaches on the ship's

surface and moves without slipping. It registered over 30 patents in 16

countries, namely the US and Europe.

Safety of industrial divers of highest priority, "will prepare an

environment-friendly ship cleaning standard"

Tas Global is attentive to the safety of industrial divers. Robot work emerges

on large areas and standardized works, but underwater repairs occur on small

areas and are of irregular nature. Thus, divers focus on works requiring

precision.

Tas Global prepared an internal safety guideline exceeding the safe diving

equipment and complementing the manpower structure specified in the occupation

safety and health acts. Its another goal is to consistently invest in the

procurement of highly-priced industrial diving equipment to normalize the

Korean industrial diving system, which has not been sensitive enough to safety

so far.

Based on such technological capability, Tas Global has signed a contract with

HMM on robotic underwater ship cleaning and diving works in 2020 and has

continued until today. Tas Global is also closely working with international

major shipping companies such as CMA CGM, and Inchcape.

Mr. Kim, CEO, stated: "to contribute in the environmental friendliness of

maritime industries, we have completed the world's best-class economical and

environment-friendly underwater robot cleaning system" and that "Tas Global

will contribute to the development of shipping industries by providing the

standards for environment-friendly underwater ship cleaning in the future as

well".

Angela, +82514168702, sales@usmtas.com

SOURCE:Tas Global

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   Caption: Tas Global’s industrial diver

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   Caption: Hull Cleaning Robot cleaning ship’s surface. On the left is the filtration

system which cleans microorganisms and microparticles in 3 stages

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   Caption: Hull Cleaning with Robots