Chile's Ventisqueros Replaces 2,469 Manual Dives with Underwater Robots, Completes 1,066 Remote Underwater Operations

Chilean aquaculture company Ventisqueros advanced the use of underwater robots in 2025 for operational tasks at its farming centers, reducing reliance on manual diving for anchoring and infrastructure maintenance activities. Through ROV (remotely operated vehicle) systems, the company replaced 2,469 theoretical annual dives in anchoring operations, keeping personnel out of the risks associated with such tasks.

During the same period, Ventisqueros completed 1,066 interventions using this technology, covering installation, inspection and maintenance work at farming centers; another 742 operations were carried out from the surface with the help of robotic technology. The technology was also used to inspect more than 1,400 anchoring cables, expanding monitoring coverage of critical infrastructure and providing more information for the operational management of the farming centers.

Rodrigo Niklitschek, farming operations manager at Ventisqueros, said: "Introducing underwater robots allows us to tangibly reduce our team's exposure to high-risk tasks. For us, innovation is not just about bringing in new technology, but about using technology to advance safer and more efficient operations, always keeping care for people at the center." In another statement, he also said: "Technology has true value when it allows us to protect people. Every task that can be moved from the seabed to remote operation means less risk exposure and represents a concrete step forward in our prevention culture."

The implementation of these solutions is part of Ventisqueros' operational modernization process, with the goal of introducing new technology in tasks that help improve safety, operational control and efficiency. The news was reported by Chilean aquaculture media Mundo Acuícola on November 12, 2026.