AI Diver Tracking Demonstration — Seawork International 2025

Commercial dive supervisors must keep uninterrupted visual contact with their teams while juggling communications, log keeping and safety checks. Traditional ROV filming forces a pilot to make constant micro‑adjustments, stealing focus and risking loss of the diver in low‑visibility water.

To address this real pain point, QYSEA showcased its new AI Diver Tracking feature at Seawork International 2025 in Southampton, UK. Integrated into every FIFISH ROV, the system delivers hands‑free, real‑time tracking of one or multiple divers—proving reliable in the show’s indoor demo tank and even more impressive during subsequent open‑water trials where it maintained steady, autonomous framing in live currents.

The AI Diver Tracking module delivers four core benefits in open water: it instantly recognises a diver’s outline and keeps them centred even in low‑visibility silt; it auto‑switches between front, side and overhead views to capture every angle without pilot input; it adjusts distance to keep multiple divers in frame; and it holds a steady 0.5–1.5 m stand‑off so surface crews can focus on comms and safety rather than joystick tweaks. See full feature details ›

Field‑Trial Observations

2025 Q3–Q4

Maintained a stable lock during thirty‑minute dives at depths of 3–12 m （assumed much deeper) in currents up to 0.6 knots.
No manual camera corrections required in more than 85 % of recorded footage.
Positive feedback from port‑authority teams, infrastructure inspectors and SAR trainers in the United Kingdom, Norway and Singapore.

Industry Applications

Sector	Typical Task	Benefit of AI Diver Tracking
Offshore energy	Ultrasonic weld inspection on monopiles	Keeps the diver centred while probes are applied, preventing re‑shoots and removing the need for a second camera operator.
Shipping & ports	Hull cleaning or propeller polishing	Provides continuous footage for quality assurance and client sign‑off.
Infrastructure	Dam, bridge‑pier and quay‑wall surveys	Maintains diver visibility near large concrete faces where sonar echoes and visibility fluctuate.
Public safety & SAR	Evidence search beneath piers or in canals	Allows incident commanders to monitor posture and location without piloting distraction.
Training & certification	Commercial‑diver skills assessment	Delivers consistent, multi‑angle clips for instructors and students to review technique and safety compliance.

Future Outlook

Expansion of field evaluations to cover a wider range of water conditions and mission profiles.
Ongoing research on adaptive gain control and turbidity estimation to extend capability in murky water.
Exploration of hybrid vision‑acoustic guidance that fuses optical tracking with Doppler Velocity Log data for enhanced positional awareness.

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