美国VideoRay
VideoRay公司位于宾夕法尼亚州费城市Pheonixville镇，成立于1999年。公司最初的产品是面向游艇的一种水下玩具，后来随着经济的多元化，产品发展也呈多样化和多功能化。产品设计的基本概念是建造一个水下遥控车，可发送到人们不便到达或有危险的水下区域，且便携、可靠、廉价、易操作。随着其用途的扩大，配置了定位系统、基本推力器、多波束声纳以及其它专业测量和测试装置。但这些装置大多是由专业公司生产的。目前，VideoRay公司的产品已广泛应用于水上（下）旅游、海岸警备、刑事侦查、水产养殖、油井钻探、港区作业、航道调查、航运以及核电厂高温作业和水电检测等领域。主要客户是政府有关部门、油田等大企业及水上（下）游乐的富有阶层。

2007年公司生产的产品销售额约700万美元。已销中国100多台（套）。一般是通过经销商与VideoRay公司联系商务和售后事宜。

耐人寻味的是，公司设有一间简单的陈列室，其物品却是几架简易的小飞机和一台古老的汽车，意在表示公司产品与此有缘（关）。这在一定程度上折射出了公司的创新文化和理念。

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.