Greenroomrobotics
Founded 2017 · 38 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Greenroom Robotics develops software for maritime autonomy and remote vessel operations, including AI-based navigation and operations management tools built on its Greenroom Platform. Its products serve maritime operators of vessels up to 100m across autonomous, remote, and crewed configurations.
Also known as Greenroom Robotics
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Greenroom Robotics is an Australian software company focused on maritime autonomy, artificial intelligence and vessel operations. Its offering is organised around the Greenroom Platform, which brings together four products: GAMA, a system-agnostic turnkey solution for marine autonomy, remote operations and enhanced crews on vessels up to 100m; Lookout+, a vision-based AI system that detects marine features, hazards, vessels and items of interest; MarOps, a maritime operations system for digitising operational planning, logging and analysis; and MIS-SIM, a mission simulation environment bridging real and synthetic worlds for mission rehearsal, monitoring and playback.
GAMA converts existing or new vessels into autonomous surface vessels through a Vessel Control Unit paired with a Remote Control Unit, customer-selected communications links, cameras, sensors and actuators. It supports COLREGS-aware autonomy, path planning and navigation, multi-sensor data fusion across optical, IR, radar, LIDAR, sonar and AIS inputs, interfaces including NMEA 2000, CAN and DDS for naval compatibility, and satellite, 4G, 5G, long-range WiFi and encrypted RF communications. Configurations cover remote control, waypointing, grid search and patrols, optionally crewed operation and a "backseat driver" mode, and the software is designed for safety authority and class certification.
The company describes itself as Australian-owned and veteran-operated, applying robotics, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence to the goal of safe, clean and protected oceans. It positions its work across survey and mapping, maritime security, offshore operations, research and science, commercial shipping and fisheries, and works with integrators, vessel manufacturers and operators rather than building vessels itself.
Founding story
Greenroom Robotics was founded by three engineers who met while studying and researching at the Australian Maritime College in Launceston, Tasmania. One third-party profile lists a founding year of 2017.
Business model
Greenroom Robotics is a software company that licenses and deploys its Greenroom Platform products to maritime operators and equipment providers, and also offers operations services, consulting services, engineering services and integration support alongside partnership arrangements with integrators and vessel manufacturers.
Revenue is derived from its maritime software products (GAMA, Lookout+, MarOps, MIS-SIM) together with custom development, consulting, engineering and integration services; the company states it has grown without external investment.
Traction
The company reports customers using the Greenroom Platform for navigation, hazard detection, simulation and operations management, and states that its Lookout+ capability supports maritime programs across all three AUKUS nations. In May 2025, EGS Survey's USV Fremantle 01 completed its first major deployment offshore Western Australia using GAMA, and in December 2025 the company announced at the Workboat Show in New Orleans that its autonomy reduced diesel use by 94% and operating costs by up to 75%. GAMA received Approval in Principle from Bureau Veritas in February 2026.
Latest developments
In May 2026 the company won the AMDA Innovation Award at the Indian Ocean Defence & Security Conference 2026 for Lookout+ and appointed Rear Admiral Pete Quinn AO CSC (Ret'd) as Executive Strategic Advisor, Damon Spencer as Chief Commercial Officer and Josh Cook as Chief of Staff to support scaling across defence and commercial markets.
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Market position
The company presents itself as an Australian maritime autonomy specialist supplying software to operators and partners internationally, with capability deployed in maritime programs across the AUKUS nations. Recognition includes the 2025 WA Innovator of the Year Rio Tinto Growth Innovation Award and the AMDA Innovation Award at IODS 2026, and Bureau Veritas granted GAMA an Approval in Principle described as the first for maritime self-navigation software.
Greenroom Robotics emphasises being a pure software provider that is platform- and hardware-agnostic and designed to integrate with existing vessel systems, sensors and crews rather than requiring purpose-built hardware, with GAMA retrofittable to new or existing vessels and configurable for crewed, optionally crewed, remote and fully autonomous operation. It also cites classification-oriented design, evidenced by Bureau Veritas Approval in Principle, and a bootstrapped, veteran-operated Australian ownership position.
Technology
The Greenroom Platform combines AI-driven autonomy and perception software with operations and simulation tooling. GAMA provides COLREGS-aware autonomy, path planning and navigation with advanced data fusion across optical, infrared, radar, LIDAR, sonar and AIS sensors, and integrates over NMEA 2000, CAN and DDS. Lookout+ is a passive, vision-based AI perception system providing real-time situational awareness for crewed vessels and autonomous platforms. MIS-SIM provides simulation bridging real and synthetic environments for training, testing, mission rehearsal, monitoring and playback, while MarOps digitises operational logging, planning and analysis. The software is described as hardware- and platform-agnostic and designed for safety authority and class certification.
Go-to-market
Greenroom Robotics sells through direct engagement and product demonstrations and works with integrators, vessel manufacturers and operators; it also participates in defence and maritime industry events such as Sea Air and Space, the Workboat Show in New Orleans, DSEI and the Indian Ocean Defence & Security Conference, and forms teaming agreements such as the one with SubSea Craft.
Maritime operators of vessels under 100m, including tactical craft, survey vessels, uncrewed surface vessels, workboats, ROV and submersible support vessels and pleasure craft, spanning survey and mapping, maritime security, offshore operations, research and science, commercial shipping, fisheries and defence customers, as well as OEM boat builders and system integrators.
Geography
Headquartered in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia, with a team in Australia and the United States and customers and partners internationally; the company holds an AUKUS export authorisation covering the United States and United Kingdom.
History
The founders grew the company from three people to more than thirty without external investment, describing the business as bootstrapped to international success. In May 2025 the leadership team was realigned, with Harry Hubbert moving from Chief Technology Officer to Chief Operating Officer and Zac Pullen moving from Chief Information Officer to Chief Technology Officer. In July 2025 the company was granted the ability to export advanced technologies to the United States and United Kingdom under the AUKUS trilateral export agreement, and in August 2025 Western Australia's Defence Industries Minister Paul Papalia visited the company ahead of the DSEI conference in London. The company was named a finalist and later winner in the 2025 Western Australia Innovator of the Year awards, signed a teaming agreement with SubSea Craft in November 2025, and in February 2026 received Approval in Principle from Bureau Veritas for GAMA. In May 2026 it added three senior leaders and won an innovation award at the Indian Ocean Defence & Security Conference.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 12
launches, deals, and filingsWon for Lookout+, an AI-enabled maritime perception system providing passive, real-time situational awareness for crewed vessels and autonomous platforms.
Rear Admiral Pete Quinn AO CSC (Ret'd) appointed Executive Strategic Advisor, Damon Spencer appointed Chief Commercial Officer and Josh Cook appointed Chief of Staff.
Bureau Veritas granted Approval in Principle to Greenroom Robotics' GAMA autonomy software, described as the first time maritime self-navigation software received AiP from BV.
The company announced at the Workboat Show in New Orleans that its maritime autonomy cut diesel use by 94% and operating costs by up to 75%.
Awarded for GAMA, the company's autonomy platform.
SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics signed a teaming agreement to strengthen collaboration across the AUKUS technology ecosystem.
Western Australia's Defence Industries Minister Paul Papalia visited the company to showcase the state's defence tech capabilities ahead of the DSEI conference in London.
Named one of 24 finalists across five categories from a record 91 applications; finalists compete for a share of $280,000 in prize funding, accelerator entry, mentorship and training.
Under the AUKUS trilateral export agreement, Greenroom Robotics is able to export advanced technologies to the United States and United Kingdom.
EGS Survey's uncrewed surface vessel USV Fremantle 01 completed its first major deployment offshore Western Australia using Greenroom Robotics' GAMA autonomy system.
Harry Hubbert moved from Chief Technology Officer to Chief Operating Officer and Zac Pullen moved from Chief Information Officer to Chief Technology Officer as the company scaled.
US defence company Eureka Naval Craft and Greenroom Robotics planned to unveil designs for an advanced autonomous naval vessel at the Sea Air and Space Exhibition in Maryland, USA, April 6-9.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Greenroomrobotics do?
- Australian maritime software company building AI autonomy, perception, simulation and operations products for vessels up to 100m.
- Who are Greenroomrobotics's investors?
- Greenroomrobotics's investors include Artesian, Dcode Capital.