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of mechanical failure through subtle sound patterns. With shore work class robot – the Taurob Operator, a new

ANYmal’s teleoperation functionality, onshore teams can robot that is capable of performing heavy-duty tasks off- remotely verify alarms in real-time. shore. “The overall idea is to have robots take over more

ANYbotics has now launched a gas leak and presence tasks and reduce the footprint of oil and gas platforms, detection solution that can be ftted on ANYmal. The sys- making them leaner, less complex and effectively reduce tem integrates advanced, modular gas detectors with 360° the number of people on-site,” says Matthias Biegl, acoustic imaging to precisely pinpoint leak sources and Managing Director of Taurob.

simultaneously measure ambient gas concentrations. The “The plan for the future is to have platforms that are acoustic imaging camera can detect a wide array of com- more robot friendly in order to allow robots to operate mon industrial gas leaks, such as steam, compressed air, better in challenging marine environments.” vacuum, toxic gases and hydrocarbons. It can also identify partial discharge events and mechanical anomalies. The

ALL EXROBOTICS ROBOTS ARE system then quantifes the rate and cost of a detected loss

CERTIFIED FOR USE IN POTENTIALLY and delivers the information directly into Data Navigator.

EXPLOSIVE GAS LOCATIONS IN

ANYmal meets the requirements of IP67, the industry

TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM standard for protection in inspection robots, which en- -40C TO +55C DEPENDING ON THE sures it is fully dust-tight and can withstand temporary immersion in water up to one meter for 30 minutes. The

OPTIONS INSTALLED.

certifcation demonstrates that sensitive components are protected from dust, moisture, corrosive substances and oth- er contaminants, enabling reliable oper- ation in harsh industrial environments.

Reliability is a key necessity off- shore, says Ian Peerless, Commercial

Director at ExRobotics. The company has already deployed its robot on an unmanned offshore platform in South

East Asia for over six months. “Once you go offshore, the cost of deploy- ment is so much higher. Reliability is the number one hurdle, but we have got to the point where our robot has been proven to operate for six months offshore without human intervention.

If you can’t achieve that, then the cost of robot maintenance and repair can be prohibitive.”

The robot’s mission wasn’t pro- grammed by someone on the platform. “The robot was put on the platform, on its charger, and everyone left the plat- form when the accommodation barge left. The robot was then programmed from 1,000 kilometers away in an offce in Kuala Lumpur.”

Together with industry partners

Taurob has been working on an off-

Images courtesy ANYbotics

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