The original Seaeye Cougar was developed in close cooperation with Italian ROV operator DNT Offshore whose requirements were for a compact ROV requiring the minimum deck space but with a work capability that was to include survey, drill support IRM and touch down monitoring. This was achieved by creating a series of task specific tool skids the could be carried by a smaller ROV and be changed over quickly.
In 2007 the Cougar-XT was introduced with power to the vehicle doubled by increasing the supply voltage from 250 VDC to 500 VDC resulting in an increase of 50% thrust in all directions.
