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Seabotix
1425 Russ Blvd, T112D, San Diego, CA 92101 USA
Tel: 219-239-5959; Fax: 877-349-7074
E-mail: info@seabotix.com
President: Donald Rodocker
Sales Manager: Jesse Rodocker
Number of Employees: 24
Annual Sales: $3.5 million
Company Profile
SeaBotix Inc. was founded by Donald Rodocker, an icon
in the commercial diving and ROV industry. Donald's
accomplishments include founding Pressure Products
Group which is now Divex and also Hydrovision.
Additionally, Donald performed the first saturation dive to
the Andrea Doria in 1973 and also was a part of the team
that recovered the gold from the HMS Edinburgh on 1981
being the deepest gold recovery ever. Donald takes this
experience along with others in the creation of SeaBotix
and the revolutionary small ROV LBV. LBV has quickly
become one of the most successful ROVs ever.
Technology Profile
The SeaBotix LBV is unique in it has many aspects found
only in large ROVs packaged into a small ROV. Additionally,
LBV was the only ROV firstly conceived to be mass pro-
duced. The LBV offers a high level of capability, portability,
intuitiveness and affordability. No other small ROV offers
the same performance level and features as the LBV. Other
small ROVs have a large diameter umbilical which creates
excessive drag and reduces capability. LBV has the small-
est standard umbilical diameter and an ideal weight in
water to create an incredibly stable platform. Additionally,
SeaBotix has just finished the first Hybrid ROV/Crawler that
combines the LBV with a Vortex generator to attach to vir-
tually any surface.
Donald Rodocker
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