Offshore News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/offshore Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:50:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png Offshore News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/offshore 32 32 Nauticus to establish UAE offshore robotics services hub https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/mea-news/nauticus-to-establish-uae-offshore-robotics-services-hub.html Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:49:39 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=29022 Autonomous subsea robotics and software solutions developer Nauticus Robotics, Inc. has signed an agreement for an investment of up to US$50m (c. £36m) with Master Investment Group. Under the proposed [...]

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]]> Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-automation-in-review-2025-the-stories-signals-and-shifts-that-shaped-the-year.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28826 If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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]]> Beam releases AI-powered underwater offshore inspection drone https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/offshore/beam-releases-ai-powered-underwater-offshore-inspection-drone.html Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:01:25 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26188 High-technology offshore wind services provider Beam has released its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), which is driven by AI. The AUV, which is called Scout, has autonomous capabilities that allow it [...]

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]]> Beam deploys AI-driven autonomous underwater vehicle https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/video/beam-deploys-ai-driven-autonomous-underwater-vehicle.html Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:39:45 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=25672 Offshore wind services provider Beam has deployed an autonomous underwater vehicle controlled by artificial intelligence (AI). The technology has already been used to inspect jacket structures on Seagreen wind farm, [...]

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]]> NASA robots measure polar ice shelf melt from below https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/marine/nasa-robots-measure-polar-ice-shelf-melt-from-below.html Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:17:42 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=25426 NASA has announced that it is developing autonomous robots that can attach themselves to the underside of polar ice and measure the rate of ice shelf melt. The IceNode project [...]

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]]> US Navy to use robotics for weld inspections https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/facilities/us-navy-to-use-robotics-for-weld-inspections.html Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:35:17 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=22084 The US Navy has awarded an initial contract to implement advanced manufacturing capabilities by using robotics for weld inspections. Robotics and software firm Gecko Robotics has been awarded the new [...]

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]]> ORE Catapult and National Robotarium to deliver offshore RAS project https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/funding/ore-catapult-and-national-robotarium-to-deliver-offshore-ras-project.html Thu, 07 Jul 2022 09:48:25 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=14729 The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has confirmed the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and National Robotarium as consortium partners for the delivery of the Offshore Low Touch Energy Robotics [...]

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]]> Robotics 15% more accurate in detecting wind turbine faults, finds study https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/offshore/robotics-15-more-accurate-in-detectin-wind-turbine-faults-finds-study.html Tue, 17 May 2022 10:14:16 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=14201 Robots and AI have proven to be almost 15% more accurate in detecting faults in wind turbines, Perceptual Robotics has revealed following three years of its data analysis project. The [...]

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]]> Robot could solve critical wind industry maintenance issue, says ORE Catapult https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/video/robot-could-solve-critical-wind-industry-maintenance-issue-says-ore-catapult.html Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:03:19 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=13931 In a first of its kind demonstration, a six-legged robot has shown how it can inspect wind turbine bolts autonomously, eliminating the need for technicians to loosen and retighten thousands [...]

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]]> BP invests £3m in methane measuring UAV firm Flylogix https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/offshore/bp-invests-3m-in-methane-measuring-uav-firm-flylogix.html Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:00:48 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=13508 BP Ventures, the investment firm from British oil and gas company BP, has made a £3m equity investment in Flylogix, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) business that uses drones to [...]

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