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Title
An underwater inspection and maintenance robot for ships and offshore infrastructure
Reference
TOUK20210810001
Last update
Mon, Aug, 23, 2021
Deadline
Thu, Aug, 18, 2022
Abstract
A UK company has developed and validated a robotic platform crawling complex underwater objects such as ship hulls, turbine foundations etc. It carries built-in and optional tools for weld inspections, monitoring, water jetting, maintenance etc. Businesses and departments doing inspection and maintenance jobs in oil and gas, wind and ship care sectors are sought for commercial agreements with technical assistance.
Description
One of the leading technology and innovation companies in the UK has developed a new robotic underwater platform (see the Pictures). It targets oil & gas, offshore and ship care sectors. Inspection, monitoring and maintenance in these sectors is currently handled using divers. It is a complex and time-consuming operation. Robots have not been up to the job until now because of the complexity and curvature of underwater structures (and ship hulls).
The new robot successfully crawls on curved surfaces such as ships. At up to 50 mm/s it either monitors the surface with its HD camera and lighting system, carries out non-destructive testing (NDT) or does something different. The platform can take on a 25 kg load of specific equipment.
It specifically has the capability to clean and inspect steel monopile foundations of wind turbines. The NDT methods termed UT (Ultrasonic Thickness) thickness, Eddy current and TOFD (Time of Flight Diffraction) UT measure wall thickness and detect weld defects.
Depending on requirements, it can operate both internally and externally and is rated to 60m depth of operation. It is equipped with a water jet cleaning system to remove surface layer marine biofouling and can be deployed as a 2-person crew. It has been extensively tested and validated under different conditions.
The company is seeking inspection and maintenance companies in the sectors of energy, renewables and shipping, for commercial agreements with technical assistance.
Technology Keywords
Maintenance Management System;Shipbuilding;Wind energy
Keyword Codes:
01004011;02009005;04005008
Current Stage of Development
Intellectual Property Rights
Secret Know-how
IPR Comments:
Exploitation of RTD Results
Organisation/Company Type
Organisation/Company Size
Organisation Comments
Detailed Market Application Codes (VEIC)
MA Keyword
Wind energy;Robotics;Other transportation
MA Keyword Codes:
06003003;08002004;09001007
Application Domain Description:
Collaboration Type
Comments:
Type of partner sought: offshore wind energy, oil and gas and ship care sectors
Specific area of partner sought: businesses or departments who provide inspection, monitoring and maintenance in these sectors. The job title can be asset integrity manager, offshore foundations engineer, innovation manager, business development, sales, distributors etc.
Role of partner sought: to adopt the robot platform to their use cases under commercial agreements with technical assistance. The UK company provides the necessary training but equally adapts the platform’s capabilities for specific instrumentation and tools. Once the know-how has been transferred, the partners are likely to become distributors for the platform.