Trondheim developer of uncrewed surface vessels and autonomous navigation systems, founded in 2005, with 144 employees and NOK 258.8 million of revenue in 2025. In late 2025 the University of Porto bought one of its autonomous surface vessels for €530,000, and in June 2026 the company raised a €28 million growth round.
Maritime Robotics’ Portuguese customer is academic. On 26 November 2025 the Universidade do Porto awarded Maritime Robotics AS the contract “Aquisição de um ASV – Autonomous Surface Vehicle”, a single lot worth €530,000, published on 22 December 2025 (TED award notice 861527-2025). Porto is one of Europe’s most active centres for marine robotics research, and an uncrewed survey vessel of this class is typically used for hydrography, environmental monitoring and autonomy experiments at sea.
The company builds its vessels and autonomy software in Trondheim, next to the Trondheim Fjord, which it describes as the world’s first regulated test area for autonomous ships (open since 2016). Its range runs from the small Otter and Otter X survey boats to the larger Mariner and Mariner X, and it also sells its Autonomous Navigation System for fitting to other builders’ hulls. NorthSouth HQ found no Portuguese office or further Portuguese contracts; the Porto award is the documented corridor link.
Portugal’s ocean economy — offshore wind, seabed mapping, fisheries and naval modernisation — is generating demand for autonomous survey platforms, and university and state laboratories are the first buyers. A Norwegian supplier winning a half-million-euro research vessel contract in Porto puts a Nordic maritime-autonomy name inside Portugal’s research base, the route by which such platforms usually migrate into civil and defence programmes.
June 2026 — Raised €28 million in a growth round led by Mustard Seed + Partners, with EnvisionTech, Nysnø Climate Investment and Umoe participating; the company says revenue grew nearly five-fold over five years.
January 2026 — Partnered with Eelume on the Eelume WP960 uncrewed surface vessel for mine countermeasures.
December 2025 — University of Porto ASV award, €530,000 (TED 861527-2025).
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