Solutions
Field and offshore robotics
We build and deploy robotic systems for inspection, monitoring and routine intervention in environments where access is restricted: offshore structures, confined spaces, live plant and remote sites.
The situation
What usually brings people to us
- A structural inspection needs rope access, a permit, a weather window and a stand-down of the work below it.
- Confined-space entry carries risk that no report can justify if there was another way to get the data.
- Remote sites get visited on a schedule rather than when something changes.
What we build
The components
Aerial inspection
Drone survey of structures, flare stacks, tanks, pipelines and terminal infrastructure, flown to a repeatable path so results compare across visits.
- Visual and thermal survey
- Repeatable automated flight paths
- Corrosion and defect flagging
- Reports generated from the flight, not retyped afterwards
Remote and subsea units
Remotely operated units for splash-zone, subsea and confined-space work where the alternative is putting a person in the hazard.
- Hull, riser and structure inspection
- Tank and vessel internal survey
- Tethered operation with live video
- Data capture tied to position
Fixed monitoring
Sensors and cameras left in place on assets that matter, reporting condition continuously instead of at the next scheduled visit.
- Vibration, temperature and pressure monitoring
- Perimeter and access monitoring
- Anomaly detection against a learned baseline
- Low-bandwidth reporting for satellite links
Analysis and reporting
The value is not the footage. It is the comparison between this survey and the last one, and the report that lands with the integrity engineer.
- Survey-to-survey change detection
- Automated defect classification with human review
- Reports in your existing format
- Findings pushed into your maintenance system
Integration
What it connects to
You already run systems that work. We connect to them rather than asking you to replace them.
- Existing integrity and maintenance management systems
- Client reporting templates and formats
- Permit-to-work and HSE processes
- Satellite and VSAT links for offshore data return
Deployment
Our engineers mobilise to site. We work inside your permit-to-work system, brief with your HSE team, and hand over data in the format your integrity engineers already use.
Read our security and data-ownership position on the credentials page.
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Tell us what you are trying to fix
Most conversations start with an operational problem rather than a technology. Describe yours and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it.