Tag: robots

MOL and MELTIN MMI Co., Ltd. inked a MoU for installation of remotely controlled robots in ocean shipping operations.

The Royal Navy, SeaBot XR, and the United Kingdom’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) joined forces in order to create Europe’s first training and development centre, dedicated to supporting maritime’s digital transition.

Rystad Energy looks into the adoption of robotics across the petroleum industry, finding that existing solutions could replace hundreds of thousands of oil and gas jobs and reduce drilling labor costs.

Oil major BP has deployed Boston Dynamics’ robot ‘Spot’ on one of its oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, to enhance safety of operations by reducing the number of people onboard. 

The world's first blade walk by a robot on an offshore wind turbine took place in UK in mid-October, when the six-legged inspect-and-repair robot BladeBUG repeatedly scaled blades at ORE Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration turbine off the coast of Fife.

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) unveiled a world's first robot using standardized big data and artificial intelligence to support metalworking, including cold working and hot working processes.

The world's first commercial autonomous fleet to be launched by Ocean Infinity will feature hybrid-electric propulsion and power plant system, consisting of a combination of batteries and diesel-generators. 

Danish coatings manufacturer Hempel has launched an underwater hull inspection service using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), while a vessel is at port or anchorage.

An underwater robot started burying sea cables 5.5 meters deep at the Port of Rotterdam, in order to connect wind farms at sea.

DNV GL announced it has completed the world’s first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The three surveys took place on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels with the first having been completed on the Wilson Fedje in December 2019 by a surveyor from Høvik.