Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Blueye Robotics launches online inspection solution

by Henri Parviainen, Sales Director, Blueye Robotics

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all types of industries to speed up their digital transformation processes. Many employees who used to commute to their office have now experienced a closed office door to practice social distancing and solves their daily tasks from home instead. Work from home has skyrocked the use of online video solutions, such as Microsoft Teams, Skype and Zoom.

Fish farmers are no exception to this forced transformation, and as a response to that, Blueye Robotics launched a live streaming solution to enable real time inspections online.
 
Blueye Robotics is a Norwegian based technology company producing underwater drones for the aquaculture industry. With underwater drones, fish farmers can utilise mobile underwater cameras to carry out underwater inspections more efficiently.

A Blueye ROV provides eyes below the surface. The underwater drone can be deployed directly into the water, and within minutes you’re able to perform your own underwater inspections. This enables better decisions making, improved planning, and reduction of unnecessary repair costs.

“We are using the Blueye underwater drone to follow up and control our fish. With the underwater drone we are able to control fish welfare, fouling on nets and general supervision of our underwater assets” explains Johannes Schrøder, Salmar.

The Blueye Live Stream solution enables ROV operators to stream live video from the Blueye drone to the internet via his or her iOS or Android device. This requires only one person with a drone on-site and provides a quick way to make decisions. The ROV pilot doesn't have to analyse his findings on spot as he or she can involve decision-makers and experts in real-time by live video broadcasted over the internet. This means that even though some of the staff are unable to travel to the location, they can follow a broadcast of the inspection in real-time, online. This opens up for experts to comment and give directions to the pilot, which enables quicker decision-making which in the end can save critical time and resources. Live streaming also enables quick visual communication with for example government officials and insurance companies in unexpected situations.

Read more, HERE.


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