---
title: "Oshen's tiny ocean robots are the first to collect data inside a Category 5 hurricane"
description: "Three robots from British startup Oshen rode out Hurricane Humberto and sent data to NOAA throughout."
url: https://kurddevelopers.com/en/news/oshen-robot-category-5-hurricane
language: en # English
type: news
published: 2026-01-17T16:00:00.000Z
updated: 2026-11-01T22:17:46.000Z
author: "Osamah Ismail"
author_url: https://kurddevelopers.com/en/author/1
section: "Startups"
tags: ["Oshen","robotics","NOAA","hurricane","startups"]
sources: ["TechCrunch","Oshen"]
image: https://kurddevelopers.com/uploads/2026/11/oshen-defdfd6f.jpg
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  ar: https://kurddevelopers.com/ar/news/oshen-robot-category-5-hurricane
publisher: Kurd Developers
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# Oshen's tiny ocean robots are the first to collect data inside a Category 5 hurricane

> Three robots from British startup Oshen rode out Hurricane Humberto and sent data to NOAA throughout.

![A C-Star robot. Image: Oshen](https://kurddevelopers.com/uploads/2026/11/oshen-defdfd6f.jpg)

Startup **Oshen** builds small autonomous ocean robots called **C-Stars**. They have become the first ocean robots to collect data inside a **Category 5 hurricane**.

## What happened

- The US weather agency **NOAA** received 15 robots
- 5 were deployed ahead of **Hurricane Humberto** near the US Virgin Islands
- **3 rode out the entire storm**, "minus a few missing parts", collecting data throughout

## What is a C-Star?

- Small, autonomous micro-robots
- Can survive at sea for **100 days** straight

## Who's behind it

Oshen was founded in April 2022 by **Anahita Laverack** and **Ciaran Dowds** and is now based in Plymouth, England. The UK government is also a customer for weather and defence work.

Data from inside storms helps improve future hurricane forecasts.

**Sources:** TechCrunch, Oshen

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Published by [Kurd Developers](https://kurddevelopers.com/) on 2026-01-17. Cite as: “Oshen's tiny ocean robots are the first to collect data inside a Category 5 hurricane”, Kurd Developers, https://kurddevelopers.com/en/news/oshen-robot-category-5-hurricane