Underwater inspection ROV — Ports
ROVs and AUVs inspecting dams, jetties and hulls. Delivered for a ports client in Surat.
- Location
- Surat
- Year
- 2020
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Team
- 11 engineers
- 173 m
- depth rating
- −70%
- diver dives
- −70%
- inspection time
The challenge
Conditions on site — heat, dust, vibration and patchy connectivity — had defeated two earlier attempts at this in ports.
What we built
We owned the whole stack — hardware, firmware, models and dashboards — using ArduSub, Sonar, ROS 2 so there was one accountable team.
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
- Designed, built and supported from Motera, Ahmedabad
- Before-and-after measurements agreed with the client up front
- Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included
- Integrated with existing PLC, ERP or GIS systems — no rip-and-replace
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