UNDERSEA ROBITS

Wind farms are now a reality in the U.S., heralding a new chapter in the country's sustainable energy production ambitions. 

But new technologies come with new challenges, and for offshore wind generation, inspection is one of the biggest.

In much the same way as energy companies operate and maintain oil and gas subsea assets, wind farm cables, structural foundations, and all other components of the turbines need continuous monitoring and maintenance. That's dangerous work for humans, but it's a job tailor made for underwater robots and smart AI-powered analytics.

Given the bright future and growing (albeit still small) footprint of offshore wind in the nation's energy power generation infrastructure, I reached out to Harry Turner, a machine learning specialist for Vaarst, a business driving the future of marine robotics, to discuss how robots and machine learning are changing the game for energy creation - link