美國VideoRay www.videoray.com
VideoRay公司位于賓夕法尼亞州費(fèi)城市Pheonixville鎮(zhèn)，成立于1999年。公司最初的產(chǎn)品是面向游艇的一種水下玩具，后來隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的多元化，產(chǎn)品發(fā)展也呈多樣化和多功能化。產(chǎn)品設(shè)計的基本概念是建造一個水下遙控車，可發(fā)送到人們不便到達(dá)或有危險的水下區(qū)域，且便攜、可靠、廉價、易操作。隨著其用途的擴(kuò)大，配置了定位系統(tǒng)、基本推力器、多波束聲納以及其它專業(yè)測量和測試裝置。但這些裝置大多是由專業(yè)公司生產(chǎn)的。目前，VideoRay公司的產(chǎn)品已廣泛應(yīng)用于水上（下）旅游、海岸警備、刑事偵查、水產(chǎn)養(yǎng)殖、油井鉆探、港區(qū)作業(yè)、航道調(diào)查、航運(yùn)以及核電廠高溫作業(yè)和水電檢測等領(lǐng)域。主要客戶是政府有關(guān)部門、油田等大企業(yè)及水上（下）游樂的富有階層。
2007年公司生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品銷售額約700萬美元。已銷中國100多臺（套）。一般是通過經(jīng)銷商與VideoRay公司聯(lián)系商務(wù)和售后事宜。
耐人尋味的是，公司設(shè)有一間簡單的陳列室，其物品卻是幾架簡易的小飛機(jī)和一臺古老的汽車，意在表示公司產(chǎn)品與此有緣（關(guān)）。這在一定程度上折射出了公司的創(chuàng)新文化和理念。

VideoRay was founded in 1999. Our concept was a simple one – build a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that could be sent into underwater locations that its owners could not reach, or where it might be necessary, or even dangerous, for them to do so. The challenge was to make this relatively new technology more accessible to potential users, which meant it had to be portable, reliable, affordable, and easy to use. The first systems had shallow depth ratings, included short tethers and basic thrusters, and were used in nuclear power plants, aquaculture sites, educational ships, and yachts.
Since then, users have tried VideoRays in increasingly challenging situations and environments. Today, VideoRays can be found on every continent, and owners have learned to trust them to perform in a wider range of uses and growing number of industries. Hundreds of VideoRays are deployed in homeland security applications to help keep the United States and other countries safe. Science museums and public aquariums use them to demonstrate how ROVs work – and how fish see their world. Law Enforcement agencies use VideoRays to locate and retrieve drowning victims and investigate underwater crime scenes. Television shows use VideoRays to investigate underwater wrecks and disasters to separate fact from fiction, and every week another application for VideoRay is discovered somewhere in the world.
VideoRays initially delivered just a video camera to the underwater location. However, VideoRay has established itself as the worldwide leader in observation class ROVs, and underwater accessory manufacturers now develop their sensors around the size and payload capacity of VideoRays. When you purchase a VideoRay Pro model, you have the choice of the best scanning and multi-beam sonars, positioning systems, metal thickness, cathodic protection, water quality and radiation measuring devices, and many other underwater tools and sensors.
VideoRays start at under $6,000 USD, and there is sure to be a model that is right for your underwater challenges.