Emerging Technologies

Robotics Applications in Energy and Infrastructure Projects

Robots reach industry through inspection long before they reach production, because the first honest case is usually a place a person should not have to go. This course starts there. Delegates work through the environments that justify a robot: confined spaces, height, live plant, radiation and subsea, and the operational question each poses. Platform types follow, including crawlers, drones, remotely operated vehicles and manipulators, with the payloads each can carry. Inspection sensing is covered: visual, thermal, ultrasonic thickness and gas detection. Autonomy is treated honestly, from teleoperation through assisted control to genuinely autonomous survey. Data handling, defect reporting and integration with the asset register follow. Regulatory and permit considerations are addressed, including flying near live infrastructure. The course closes on procurement, on operator training and on the cases where a robot is not the answer.