About Zhongke Wuti
Beijing CASGEO Technology Development Co., Ltd. was established in 2026 8. It is a high-tech company dedicated to developing deep-sea geophysical exploration equipment, with its core product being the self-developed Manta Node—a smart four-component node for deepwater applications. The company provides equipment and integrated solutions to global deep-sea exploration markets.
Company Profile
Our company focuses on deep-sea seafloor seismic data acquisition. We have developed intelligent detection nodes with cable-free flight, autonomous positioning, seabed observation, and automatic recovery capabilities. Our goal is to reduce reliance on underwater robots (ROVs) for deep-sea exploration, improving both operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
The core team hails from prestigious research institutions including Cambridge University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Nanyang Technological University. Members possess deep academic expertise and engineering experience in marine geophysical exploration, underwater acoustic navigation, and deep-sea sensors. By 2023, the prototype had successfully completed sea trials in deep waters.
Core Business Focus
Deep-Sea 4-Component Smart Node (Manta Node): Manufacturing, Sales, and Leasing
End-to-end intelligent exploration services for deep-sea oil and gas resources
Deep-Sea Seismic Exploration AI Agent Software: Development, Sales, and Technical Services
History
From prototype sea trials to large-scale operations, steadily advancing the engineering deployment of Manta Node.
2023
Principle prototype sea trial verification
Completed deep-sea sea trials for 10 prototype units, validating and addressing key technical risks.
2026
Company Launch · Engineering Prototype
Company officially established; second-generation Manta Node engineering prototype completed lab testing and entered sea trials; 2026Q4 launched first-generation engineering prototype.
2027
Hundreds of engineering-grade devices
Deploy 2027Q3 engineering-grade devices, complete core metric testing and multi-condition sea trials, and establish a mass production line system.
2028
Thousands of operational devices
2028Q3 landing, 1000 operational units deployed, completing full-condition testing and upstream/downstream supply chain integration to achieve intelligent mass production.
2029
Industry-leading standards
Industry-leading product performance, setting global equipment standards, and launching worldwide partnerships.
Core Team
Covers the complete technology stack from overall equipment design, flight control, sensor development, to data processing and software systems.
Lv Chuanchuan
Co-Founder / Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge; long-term leader in marine seismology and marine geophysics research.
- —Responsible for operating the UK LeNS large-scale seismic node facility, managing a pool of nearly 2200 node devices.
- —Deepening R&D and application of ocean-bottom seismometers, achieving multiple patents for nodes and real-time data transmission.
- —Foster long-term collaboration between the University of Cambridge and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in marine seismology.
Feng Haixin
Vice General Manager
Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Researcher in Solid Earth Physics from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Senior Engineer at the Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- —Former Chief Systems Engineer and Deputy Technical Commander; led the development of multiple large-scale systems.
- —Specializing in seismic data denoising, wavefield separation, and weak signal detection.
- —Full-cycle engineering experience spanning system design, integration testing, and field trials.
Niuyanlong
Chief Scientist
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore; Researcher at Nanyang Technological University; specializing in geophysical inversion and AI-based monitoring.
- —Develop surface wave inversion, time-lapse monitoring, and DAS methods for identifying subsurface property changes.
- —Build a physics-constrained machine learning workflow for rapid, automated velocity profile inversion.
- —Build a site characterization database powered by multimodal data fusion and AI
The company provides top-tier academic advisory resources, including academicians and professors from Cambridge University. The core team has worked together for years on joint projects at Cambridge University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Nanyang Technological University since meeting at the 2018 Marine Geophysics Symposium, covering the full chain of hardware, software, and algorithms.
Global Joint Laboratory
Co-founded a laboratory network with the University of Cambridge, Nanyang Technological University, and Pusan National University to provide R&D support for breakthroughs in deep-sea equipment core technologies.
Cambridge University Joint Laboratory
Leveraging Bullard Laboratory's technical expertise, we are advancing the structural design and damping mechanisms of high-power, pressure-resistant materials for underwater robots, while iteratively refining geophysical inversion algorithms.
Nanyang Technological University Joint Laboratory
Conduct hydrodynamic anti-interference tests for underwater vehicles in complex tropical water environments, develop low-power edge computing architectures, and enable intelligent autonomous decision-making and swarm coordination for underwater devices.
Pusan National University Joint Laboratory
Leveraging expertise in marine engineering and materials science to validate the reliability of wide-area deployment for tetherless flight nodes, supporting equipment reliability research in extreme environments.