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©Saipem ©Saipem a signi? cant decrease in CO2 emissions overall which, com- croprocessor for intuitive and precise arm control.

bined with an electric system that has minimal oil volume, Saab Seaeye said that the future would see signi? cant makes eWROV a signi? cantly environmentally friendly op- growth in onshore controlled operations with vehicles de- tion,” the company said. ployed from subsea docking stations, or lightly manned, or

Furthermore, the eWROV is ? tted with two Seaeye eM1-7 unmanned vessels, where reliability and reduced mainte- seven-function all-electric work class manipulators. nance will require all-electric robots for long-term deploy-

The company says the manipulators are as powerful as a ment underwater.

hydraulic equivalent, but more reliable and dexterous with “This requires increasingly intelligent robotic systems of- millimeter precision and “extremely accurate” force and po- fering ever higher levels of operational capability, reliability sition feedback with each joint having its own intelligent mi- and maintainability.

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