Tasks
- Removal of paint, rust, and debris from surfaces using various media blasting and grinding tools:
- Heavy MFG: Prepare components, chassis, and heavy machinery for finishing processes
- Structural Maintenance & Repair: Clean ship hulls, tanks, bridges, and offshore structures for painting & coating
- Heavy MFG: Prepare components, chassis, and heavy machinery for finishing processes
Challenges
- Variability in surface contours and shape: Difficult to automate; typically requires delicate handling, manual work or semi-automation with high degrees of human intervention
- Safety risks: Manual surface preparation exposes human workers to high risk of injury due to hazardous materials and environments
Opportunity & Expected Benefits
- Advanced object detection, ML and AI enables robot to:
- Manipulate blast hose and tools accurately by adapting to varying surface conditions in real-time
- Achieve a precise and consistent result, reducing the need for re-work and human intervention
- Detect and respond quickly to potential hazards, ensuring safer operation and compliance with safety regulations
- Quickly retrain robots to perform new tasks with minimal downtime (low-code/no-code training)
- Reduces overhead costs and increases throughput, providing a faster ROI
