Italian oil and gas industry contractor Paolo Bonel 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 Saipem, manager of remote control systems in Paolo Bonel’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.
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.