Survey and Inspection Subgroup
Autonomous Robots and Vessels
Latest webinar from our Survey and Inspection Subgroup featuring an overview from our Co-chairs of funding sources applicable to the Subgroups focus area. This was followed by a presentation from L3Harris on trends in autonomous and robotic systems. This was followed by ecoSub Robotics who spoke about their 'robot swarm' project called SoAR.
Programme:
14:00 - Introduction from Subgroup Co-chairs Michael Ellis and Craig Davis looking at current funding opportunities for survey and inspection research and innovation.
14:10 Presentation from Andre Fabik of L3Harris looking at knowledge and technology transfer from the defence industry
14:25 Presentation from Iain Vincent from ecoSub Robotics on their 'Squad of Adaptive Robots (SoAR)' project
14:50 Q&A Session with speakers and Subgroup Co-chairs
15:00 End of webinar
Copy of slide deck including all the presentations ( PDF file)
Video recording of presentation and live input session.
Survey and Inspection Subgroup Inception Webinar
Introduction to Subgroup's Industry Co-chairs
Programme:
Webinar featuring introduction to the Subgroup Co-chairs, Micheal and Craig and their companies along with a update from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership looking at support for the survey and inspection field. The OWGP case study featured another DeepWind member, Sulmara Subsea.
14.00 - Introduction and housekeeping – Jeya Calder, Highlands and Islands Enterprise
14.05 - New Co-chairs introduction – Paul O’Brien, DeepWind
14.10 - Introduction to Sonardyne – Michael Ellis
14.20 - Introduction to Rovco, - Craig Davis
14.30 – Offshore Wind Growth Partnership - Anil Sayhan, OWGP
14.45 – OWGP Case Study – Jim Gardiner, Sulmara Subsea
14.50 - Q&A Session
15.00 - End of webinar
Copy of complete slide deck for download (5.2MB PDF file, note this format is not fully accessible)
Video recording of presentation and live input session.
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Our 119 member strong Survey and Inspection Subgroup was a new addition for DeepWind in 2023 and is led by our two industry Co-chairs:
Michael Ellis from Sonardyne
Craig Davis from Rovco
The webinars in this section are the work of this subgroup and focus on all aspects of surveys and inspections carried out for offshore wind for both fixed and floating wind. This includes all aerial, surface and subsea activities in this field.