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connectivity everywhere, as go and will be equipped to would a human. “We don’t want detect obstacles in its path. a situation where it drives into

Sensabot is designed to meet a black spot, and someone has

IECEx Zone 1 standards for to go in and push it out again.”

Production explosive environments and Low latency was also important.

ANSI safety standards for “We need local coverage includ- guided industrial vehicles. ing in vessel connectivity for

Another robot initiative robots,” he says. is PETROBOT, a three-year “At some stage I thought

European Union (EU) project my job was developing new set-up in September 2013, technology for Shell. Right together with a consortium now it is more like developing of 10 European companies Shell to use new technology.” led by Shell. PETROBOT More stuff becomes available

Petroleum Geo-Services’ seismic survey vessel Atlantic will involve partners from all the time, but it is about

Explorer. Photo from PGS.

the Netherlands, the UK, convincing people to use it

Sweden, Norway,