Robotic Inspection in Oil and Gas
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Robotics are playing a big role in non-destructive testing and inspection at oil and gas assets, improving safety and increasing data collection.
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Asset Inspection with Autonomous Drones: Safety, Efficiency, and Better Insights
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What we learned from a discussion with Emesent—a drone autonomy, mapping, and analytics company—about drone autonomy.
Read MoreRobots Keep Humans from Dangerous Oil and Gas Environments
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Although the O&G sector has more historical expertise in robotics, the renewables sector is showing greater desire to adopt this tech per recent surveys. O&G professionals have been skeptical of, and resisted, immersive technologies in the past because they weren’t up to scratch, but for some companies that is already starting to change.
Read MoreDrones Being Used for Ultrasonic Testing (UT) on Energy Assets
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Aerial drones are being deployed for non-destructive testing (NDT), using ultrasonic testing (UT) devices and saving time, increasing data access, and improving safety.
Drones Map Underwater Barrels Dumped off the Coast of Southern California
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Researchers used autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to scan and map a suspected DDT barrel dumping ground off the coast of California.
Read MoreDrones Take Off in Solar and Wind Inspections
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Drones and UAS are taking to the skies with advanced sensors and camera imaging to inspect solar and wind farms.
Read MoreStartups Leading the Industrial Robot Revolution
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Manufacturing automation and autonomy have a long way to go to maturity, but startups are stepping in to innovate.
Read MoreSimplification: The Future of Robot Automation
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As robotic technology advances, applications will continue to expand into increasingly complex environments. The future requires simplicity in several different areas.
Read MoreOptimizing Data-driven Technologies at Enterprises
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How enterprises can use data-driven tech like AI and ML, examples of successful implementations, and a look to the future.
Read MoreHow Saudi Aramco is Leading Oil and Gas Robotic Innovation
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Saudi Aramco is using drones and robotics to perform inspections, increase safety, improve efficiency, and more in its efforts to lead oil and gas digitization.
Read MoreTogether, Drones and AR Improve Situational Awareness
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Drones and augmented reality (AR) are coming together to help enterprises safely view and analyze their environment beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).
Read MoreHow Dominion Energy Uses Drones and Data
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Dominion Energy works with PrecisionHawk to conduct drone-based inspections of its utility assets, saving time, money, and emissions.
Read MoreOffshore Energy Automation: A Case for Humans and Robots Working Together
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Robotic automation in the offshore industry will improve safety and efficiency, but several hurdles still remain.
Read MoreTurning Drone Visual Data into Insights
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How enterprise can manage and apply visual data and insights from unmanned systems and drones.
Read MoreEDR ICYMI: Our Top Stories of Q1 2021
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In the Energy Drone & Robots newsroom, we want to make sure you see the most important news, so, in case you missed it (ICYMI), here are our top stories from the first three months of 2021.
Read MoreReport: Robots May Replace 20% of Oilfield Jobs in next Decade
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Rystad Energy, a research and business intelligence company serving the global energy industry, estimates that robots could replace approximately 425,000 oilfield jobs by 2030.
Read MoreUnmanned Flight on Mars: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to Take Off
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NASA successfully landed its Perseverance rover on Mars on February 18. Now, the team is preparing to launch the 4 pound Ingenuity rotorcraft for test flights on a patch of the red planet.
Enterprise Drone Programs Define Workflows for Photogrammetry + LiDAR
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A new wave of understanding from surveying and mapping unmanned aerial leaders is creating knowledge that each solution has its pros and cons and squashing the debate of photogrammetry vs LiDAR.
Read MoreRio Tinto Using Drones, AR, and AI to Improve Mining Safety
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Mining company Rio Tinto is using drones, AR, AI, and other technology to improve safety and operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreRobots Take the Over/Under in Offshore Energy
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Autonomous and remote-operated drones and robots are being used around the world from the stars to the sea floor.
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