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Images courtesy Armach Robotics can be achieved with the HSR, through a comprehensive Hull carbonization. It is available to all vessels, requiring no expen-

Health Program. A robot sitting securely on the hull knowing sive retro? tting, and unlike most other solutions, will pay for precisely where it is at all times opens the door to a new range itself multiple times over. Join the revolution.

of in-water inspection capabilities. Using a modular ultrasonic thickness tester, a complete detailed scan of hull thickness can

The Author be completed and reported in hours, greatly enhancing the Un-

Lander derwater Inspection in Lieu of Drydocking (UWILD) process.

Karl Lander is the Director, Regulatory

This information can also be provided to maintenance plan-

Compliance and Outreach at Armach ners allowing for critical inspections to be completed prior to

Robotics. He joined Armach follow- dydocking, vice in drydock, saving expensive on-dock days. ing 4+ years with Greensea Systems,

There is still more that will be able to be done, but this is get- where he was Director, Hull Robotics. ting away from the topic of decarbonization.

Proactive in-water cleaning is a bottoms up approach to de- www.marinelink.com 19

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