Ship&Offshore | Issue 05/2022
Subscription for ‘clean hulls and hull intelligence’
Armach Robotics, a spin-off from US-based Greensea Systems Inc, is to offer a subscription-based service for robotic hull cleaning using autonomy, intelligence and data fusion. The company claims the cleaning setup will ensure 100% coverage of the hull surface, excluding niche areas. Armach uses Greensea’s navigation systems to ensure that the robot cleans the hull as quickly and efficiently as possible. However, as it cleans, the robot builds up “an inch-perfect mental map of every feature of the hull”, the company said, “so that it can be more efficient next time”....