Underwater hull-cleaning robot — Offshore
Magnetic robots cleaning ship hulls and tanks without divers. Delivered for a offshore client in Mumbai.
- Location
- Mumbai
- Year
- 2025
- Duration
- 24 weeks
- Team
- 3 engineers
- −87%
- diver hours
- 5.8%
- fuel saved
- 622
- m² per hour
The challenge
Conditions on site — heat, dust, vibration and patchy connectivity — had defeated two earlier attempts at this in offshore.
What we built
We ran a two-week discovery sprint, then built and fielded the system end to end on ROS 2, Sonar and ArduSub, with operator training and an SLA.
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
- Runs on-premises; no data leaves the site unless agreed
- Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included
- Designed, built and supported from Motera, Ahmedabad
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