SeeByte Ltd

SeeByte provides clients in the Military and Oil and Gas sectors with the most advanced software to enhance the capabilities of their underwater sensors, vehicles and systems.

Operating from offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and San Diego, California, SeeByte has achieved a position of leadership in the development of smart software for underwater vehicles, sensors and systems in both the Military and Oil & Gas sectors. SeeByte provides products and services to major government and commercial clients around the world.

Successful continued growth

In the military sector, SeeByte’s SeeTrack Military software has been chosen by sixteen of the world’s navies to optimise operations involving unmanned underwater vehicles. SeeTrack Military enables fast and efficient mission-planning, monitoring and post-mission analysis.

In the oil & gas sector, SeeByte has developed tools to automate complex subsea tasks. In order to lessen the demands placed upon operators, smart software technology can be used to make operations more efficient and consistent. Through SeeByte’s software capabilities, operators can focus on the job at hand with a higher level of confidence in vehicle control, improving quality and reducing the time and cost of performing a range of subsea tasks.

SeeByte is increasingly partnering with leading hardware manufacturers to provide enhanced capabilities for their sensors and systems. These partnerships are changing the subsea industry by providing turn-key robotic solutions, capable of carrying out complex and often risky operations in a safe and more efficient manner.

Benefits of being a university spin-out

SeeByte continues to benefit from access to the university’s expertise by keeping an active partnership that enables knowledge transfer from and to the University.

SeeByte’s work feeds into academic teaching and it provides a high quality student learning experience. SeeByte also offers Heriot-Watt’s most capable students access to the company’s Internship programmes.

Bob Black, SeeByte’s CEO, describes the benefits of active relationships between industry and academic institutions such as Heriot-Watt: "By working closely with universities, we are in a position to influence and guide the curriculum in a way that will address current industry requirements. Knowledge transfer is an important aspect of development and we are keen to maintain productive and effective relationships with Heriot-Watt University to ensure this continues."