Report – global energy robotics market to be worth more than £8bn by 2050
The global robotics market in the energy sector is expected to be worth more than £8 billion by 2050, according to a new report.
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Aussie firm Nexxis unveils EX-rated robotic inspection device
The world’s first, fully design approved EX-rated robotic camera inspection device – Magneto-EX – was officially unveiled in Perth, Australia, last night, claimed Nexxis, the company behind it.
The rise of underwater robotics in focus at Subsea UK event
Subsea UK's annual Underwater Robotics conference will return in October with a live-streamed event demonstrating the latest advances in underwater robotic technology and exploring the opportunities and challenges of an autonomous future.
Robots primed to deliver step change in offshore energy industry safety
The rise of the machines – it’s not something that’s ever portrayed in a positive light in Sci-Fi movies or novels. But a new legion of souped-up robots is getting ready to boot up and make the offshore energy sector safer, keeping us out of harm’s way.
Remote rescue service for offshore wind farms wins government funding
UK offshore wind workers could soon be kept safe using a remotely operated search and rescue service.
Robots could replace hundreds of thousands of oil and gas jobs, save billions in drilling costs by 2030, Rystad says
Even when the Covid-19 downturn is finally past us, operators will have to continue exploring new avenues for cost reductions to be better equipped to withstand future market declines. In a report that looked into the adoption of robotics across the petroleum industry, Rystad Energy found that existing solutions could replace hundreds of thousands of oil and gas jobs globally and reduce drilling labor costs by several billion dollars by 2030, if there is an industry push for such a transition.
Petronas tests explosion-proof robot dog offshore
Malaysian national oil company (NOC) Petronas and robotics company ANYbotics are co-developing a four-legged dog-like robot for autonomous robotic inspection at offshore oil and gas platforms.
Offshore renewables robotics groups join forces to bridge gap between research and industry
Two of the UK’s leading research organisations in the development of robotics for use in offshore renewables have teamed up to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
WATCH: Four-legged inspection robot trialed on North Sea platform
A Swiss-designed, autonomous, four-legged robot has been put through its paces on a converter platform in the German North Sea.
Innospection with Shell on £6.8m robotics project
Aberdeen-based Innospection has partnered with Shell on a £6.8 million scheme to develop robots to inspect tanks of floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs).
Scotland to get major jobs boom through AI
More than 500,000 Scottish jobs could be created through Artificial Intelligence by 2037.
Exclusive: Total’s robot trial is world first
A revolutionary project which will see the world’s first autonomous robot working on an oil rig has been unveiled.
NASA set for Aberdeen STEM energy re-entry in 2018
The NASA space agency will return to Aberdeen and wider Aberdeenshire this year in an effort to inspire young people into the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields within the energy industry.