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ROVs

SaabSeaeye

ROV

Innovations

Recent tech advances in the global ROV sector ahead at over four knots, while provid- the operator with far more information

SaabSeaeye: It’s Electric

Operators, from the Gulf of Mexico to ing a stable work platform for handling about the status of the vehicle and its en- offshore Australia, report multi-million- signi? cant work tasks in strong currents. vironment than ever before. It also au- dollar savings as they switch to the new Advances in electric underwater tech- tomates characteristics such as keeping generation of electric work vehicles, nology are creating more reliable sys- a vehicle on station in strong currents, and the Saab Seaeye Leopard it touted tems for a wider variety of complex thereby reducing the operator’s work- as the most powerful electric robotic tasks at the lowest possible cost. load and allowing them to concentrate work vehicle of its size in the world. Miniaturization and technological on the task at hand.

Compared to a 66-ton hydraulic advances are creating electric robotic It also offers auto-redundancy to keep equivalent, its 25-ton complete package systems that are smaller, smarter, more the vehicle working even if damaged brings considerable savings in footprint, agile and more powerful, with a smaller and greatly simpli? es maintenance, mobilization, maintenance and staff. footprint and bigger payload possibili- whilst providing remote internet access

Operators report the Leopard reducing ties. for upgrades and support. costs by up to 40 percent in compari- Intelligent control behavior-based ar-

SMD: Meet FLO son with traditional systems in terms chitecture such as Saab Seaeye’s iCON of equipment and personnel costs. With is key to the evolution of electric under- As price pressures continue in the its 0.5 ton forward thrust and its iCON water technology. The Leopard’s iCON ROV industry, the need for operators intelligent control system, the 2,000m- control system effectively allows the to reduce operational costs through the rated 11 thruster Leopard can power vehicle to think for itself and provides adoption of new technologies is increas- 2018 April 10 MTR

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