In-house developed technologies

Shallow Water Inspection and Monitoring Robot

Designed, developed, and tested in less than two years, our Shallow Water Inspection and Monitoring Robot (SWIM-R) enhances pipeline inspection speed, efficiency, and safety.

The robot can be remotely operated to perform underwater inspection tasks in shallow water environments, which prove difficult for traditional diving support vessels. The SWIM-R robot can be deployed from shore or by using a low-cost inflatable vessel, reducing inspection time and costs, and can complete inspection tasks four times faster than divers.

Developed at our KAUST research center, the technology is protected by seven filed patents.

Saudi Aramco Inspection Robot

Our proprietary Saudi Aramco Inspection Robot (SAIR) is a magnetic robotic crawler capable of conducting visual inspection, ultrasonic thickness gauging, and gas sensing on hard-to-reach steel surfaces. It reduces potential hazards, inspection times, and costs associated with the erection of single spherical tank scaffolding used for inspection activities.

The SAIR is self-contained, wirelessly operated, and offers advanced levels of maneuverability and dexterity while moving on steel surfaces across a wide range of curvatures.

Robotic Dust Mitigation

Cleaning solar panels has long been a manual task but thanks to a new technology developed by our Research and Development Center in collaboration with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a robotic solution cleans the panels and help avoid a significant reduction in efficiency of the energy collecting solar panels.

Dust accumulation on solar panels can have a seriously detrimental effect on the output of solar arrays. To maximize profitability and productivity, it is necessary to reduce accumulated dust and debris without causing damage to the panels, while also avoiding significant water wastage.

Our robotic, dry cleaning technology is fully automated to run on schedule or command. The technology is cost efficient while being highly durable, making it reliable even in dry, arid climates like those of Saudi Arabia.

The technology is now ready to help us realize the full profitability potential of automated dust cleaning technology for large-scale deployment of solar power in the region and beyond.