Mining

Remote monitoring facilitates a range of mining inspection applications, from regularly scheduled inspections to an immediate response in an emergency situation.

Regularly scheduled preventative maintenance is the best assurance of safe and cost-effective mining operations.

Conduct assessments of confined spaces and areas that would otherwise be visually inaccessible or too hazardous for human intervention and detect problems before the damage becomes too severe.

Evaluate the condition of mine shafts, sumps and boreholes; perform in-service remote inspection and avoid costly shutdowns; verify new pipeline construction prior to commissioning; and observe vehicle movements and stockpile measurements.

Launch in an emergency situation, such as a mine collapse or security breach.

Oil and Gas

Minimise refinery downtime, reduce operation and maintenance costs, improve on-site safety and prevent serious failures.

Deploy autonomous drones and robots on pre-scheduled missions to immediately detect leaks, faults, structural damage, environmental hazards, failures and other faults. This information enables maintenance teams to be less reactive and allows them to perform their daily tasks based on timely and accurate data.

Remove workers from potentially hazardous environments: Improving safety, but also save on recruitment and the costs associated with frequent training of staff and insurance.

Remote operations can be vital for offshore rigs: Operate a periodically-manned offshore production platform from a centralised control centre, and remove the problems associated with collecting timely and accurate data from remote and isolated offshore rigs.

On-site robotics can react quickly without human intervention during an emergency, from a fire or leak to another live situation. This improves safety and incident response.

Construction / infrastructure

Monitor site productivity with persistent visual data streams and centralised digital data management.

Onsite robotics enable frequent and repeatable site inspection: Useful for site managers to monitor progress, spot for mistakes, ensure contracted work is performed on time to prevent costly fines and to gather constantly evolving data to feed into digital twins.

Build up to date high-resolution maps and 3D models to obtain a better view of the site, share with stakeholders and collaborate with staff. This data can also be used to track vehicle movements and calculate earthworks and stockpile measurements to improve forecast planning and reduce unnecessary costs.

Remote monitoring and inspection helps to enforce safety protocols, improve on-site staff safety and enables companies to adhere to safety compliance.

Ports and terminals

Remote monitoring improves operations at terminals and enables teams to be more efficient and reactive.

Port facilities need to be secured 24/7: Remote monitoring enables this. Use on-site robotics to secure facilities to prevent the entry of prohibited goods and dangerous objects, monitor sensitive shipments, and control boarding private vehicles or goods trucks.

Scheduled autonomous monitoring of the coastlines also extends a port’s security perimeter.

Conduct frequent routine inspections and continuously monitor shipping lots, manage container inventory and inspect crane operations and unidentified freights.

Access hard-to-reach places to improve safety and increase awareness. Analyse required improvements which are required for infrastructure remotely.

Quickly respond to emergency situations, such as container fires or someone in difficulty in the water. Rapid, real-time situational awareness can be crucial.

Port authorities are responsible for numerous ports. Get eyes on any port of your choice from afar.

Utilities

Leverage remote monitoring to automate utility asset inspection and incident-based alerting.

Proactively inspect critical infrastructure and identify anomalies in real-time to prevent outages and minimise asset downtime. Conduct frequent, repeatable and accurate data for change detection and identify failing equipment and hot spots with thermal and zoom cameras.

Onsite robotics reduce routine visits to remote sites and save on travel time and labour costs.

Improve HSE compliance with automated safety monitoring and conduct proactive theft and vandalism prevention.

Deploy on-site robotics without human intervention to an emergency situation or for storm response.

Monitor and inspect remote substations with 24/7 live access, eliminating windshield time, travel risk and cost. Set-up automated inspection reports to help plan preventative maintenance.

Use video/imagery for audit trails, evidence and to help with incident investigations.