Offshore staff
WESTHILL, UK – Ashtead Technology subsidiary Welaptega is working on a $500,000 initiative to develop a product that enables digital twinning of underwater infrastructure.
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster supplied the funding for the Unmanned Digital Twinning project.
The new technology, a collaboration also involving Whitecap Scientific, SubC Imaging, and Nova Scotia Community College SEATAC division, will develop an intuitive bridge between Welaptega’s and Whitecap Scientific’s technology systems.
According to Welaptega, this should allow conventional offshore ROV and vessel crew to compile high-quality image data for post-processing digital twins, guided by real-time 3D reconstruction, to deliver feedback on image quality and coverage.
Digital twins digitize replicas of physical assets, used for integrity management, simulations, and general visualization of remote infrastructure.
The goals are typically to maintain economic viability of assets, increase safety, and reduce risk.
Tyler de Gier, general manager of Welaptega, said: “The flexible product created through this project will allow our clients to cost-effectively digitize their high value, safety critical assets without the need for offshore photogrammetry specialists, facilitating a transition to unmanned operations without jeopardizing service quality.”
05/12/2021
