Underwater hull-cleaning robot — Navy
Magnetic robots cleaning ship hulls and tanks without divers. Delivered for a navy client in Indore.
- Location
- Indore
- Year
- 2021
- Duration
- 26 weeks
- Team
- 7 engineers
- −96%
- diver hours
- 7.5%
- fuel saved
- 668
- m² per hour
The challenge
Existing vendors had delivered pieces of a underwater hull-cleaning robot system, but nobody owned the integration and the pilot had stalled.
What we built
Built in our Motera lab, validated on a replica rig, then commissioned on site in days using ROS 2 and ArduSub.
Delivery timeline
Phase 1
Discovery sprint and site survey
Phase 2
Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab
Phase 3
Pilot on site with before/after measurement
Phase 4
Scale-out, training and handover
Highlights
- Safety case reviewed with the client's EHS team
- Integrated with existing PLC, ERP or GIS systems — no rip-and-replace
- Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included
- Documentation, drawings and source handed over at close
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