Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem is developing a hybrid remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for subsea operations and maintenance that carries more of its intelligence onboard. The ROV will be able to operate autonomously in the deep ocean without any human intervention. Three version of the ROV are planned: the Hydrone-S for survey work, a resident model, Hydrone-R, and Hydrone-W, which is more of a standard ROV.
Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem is developing a hybrid remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for subsea operations and maintenance that carries more of its intelligence onboard. We are "moving the brain onboard the ROV – not only the eyes and hands," said Paolo Bonel, manager of remote control systems in Saipem’s Sonsub division. Three version of the ROV are planned: the Hydrone-S for survey work, a resident model, Hydrone-R, and Hydrone-W, which is more of a standard ROV.