robotics

A recently signed contract lines the company up to provide autonomous ocean robots for inspection of the oil giant’s subsea field developments in the Gulf of Mexico.

The paper presents an overview of underwater inspection drones and identifies the necessary elements to take full advantage of the technology.

The center will allow developers and researchers to test digital and robotic products and services for offshore renewable energy.

The Robotic Supervision System project is expected to bring autonomous cooperation a step closer for oil and gas operators.

The new Kongsberg Discovery business area will turn the company’s sensors toward mapping and monitoring the ocean.

The company’s edge software allowed the remotely operated vehicle to operate autonomously without being tethered to a surface ship.

GlobalData’s report "Robotics in Oil and Gas" notes that, while robotics has been a part of the oil and gas industry for several decades, growing digitalization and integration with artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things have helped diversify robot use cases within the industry.

The Seaeye Falcon underwater robot is being used in the decommissioning and repurposing of an oil rig offshore Angola.

A recent mission that saw the robot submarine Autosub Long Range, better known as "Boaty McBoatface," explore and visually map end-of-life oil fields has been hailed as a success.

Swiss robotics company Hydromea and Scottish remote technology firm ACE have agree to work together to use the world’s first underwater wireless remotely operated vehicle for inspection of offshore facilities.