the World’s First Verification Test for AUV Equipped with Robot Arm for Subsea Pipeline Inspection

the World’s First Verification Test for AUV Equipped with Robot Arm for Subsea Pipeline Inspection

Jul. 05, 2018

Tokyo, July 5, 2018 — Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that a basic agreement was reached with The Underwater Centre (TUC), a marine testing and training facility in Fort William, Scotland, UK, on conducting a verification test of a prototype AUV equipped with a robot arm for subsea pipeline inspection.

The test, scheduled for October 2018, will be the first such test in the world.

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