‘Spot’ deployed on Aker BP’s Skarv FPSO

Nov. 24, 2020
Cognite and Aker BP have deployed Spot, the Boston Dynamics quadruped robotic dog, on the Skarv FPSO, 210 km (130 mi) offshore in the Norwegian Sea.

Offshore staff

OSLO, NorwayCognite and Aker BP have deployed Spot, the Boston Dynamics quadruped robotic dog, on the Skarv FPSO, 210 km (130 mi) offshore in the Norwegian Sea.

Cognite’s main software product, Cognite Data Fusion (CDF), served as the data infrastructure for the offshore test which collected images, scans, and sensors from robotics systems and then shared the data across Aker BP via a dashboard to make it actionable. Tasks included: autonomous inspection, high-quality data capture, and automatic report generation.

These data insights provide onshore operators with telepresence on offshore installations allowing them complete real-time mission planning and help drive crucial activities.

The mobility of Spot offshore, and the communication between the robotic dog, CDF, and Aker BP was both verified and tested. Data from Spot was available and sorted in the software in milliseconds, and Spot was remote controlled from a Cognite home office onshore demonstrating how robots and digital twins can have synergies and enhance each other.

In addition, data from an operator round was collected to analyze if the sensor-stack on Spot was sufficient to comply with the proposed task.

Karl Johnny Hersvik, CEO of Aker BP, said: “We are eager to explore how robotics systems can make offshore operations safer, more efficient, and more sustainable. The Spot offshore visit at the Skarv FPSO is one small step towards Aker BP’s vision to digitalize all our operations from cradle to grave to increase productivity, enhance quality, and improve the safety of our employees.”

Dr. John Markus Lervik, CEO of Cognite, said: “This historic pairing of minds and machines working together to solve industry problems demonstrates that data-driven decisions can change industry now. This ability to guide Spot by remote control is a huge step forward for the industry and something we will continue to work closely with our partners on as we continue to innovate and provide data-driven solutions.”

CDF is a cloud-based industrial data operations and intelligence platform, and it is said to integrate seamlessly with existing IT and OT applications in the cloud, edge, and on-premise. CDF contextually enriches industrial data, providing an open, unified industrial data model that is easily accessible for humans and applications, enabling better analytical operations and data-driven decisions.

11/24/2020

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