Solid robot repairs environmental equipment under the seabed

Eelume is the name of a snake-shaped robot. It will replace people doing maintenance work and repairing equipment placed under the ocean.

This is the invention of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in collaboration with Statoil Oil and Gas Company and Norway's Kongsberg Maritime Company.

This robot will replace people repairing underwater equipment.

The snake-shaped Eelume can move flexibly through the terrain and complex structure of the underwater machinery.

Eelume is slim in shape with a snake shape because it can move flexibly through curved terrains, cramped under the ocean or the complicated structure of machinery.

Eelume is made of special materials that can permanently operate under the ocean. Its mission is to maintain and clean seafloor equipment such as drilling rigs, pipes, underground cables, and valves.

Even so, engineers can install Eelume's tools in a number of ways to visually correct technical problems through onshore controls.

Eelume is made of special materials that can permanently operate under the ocean.

Eelume is expected to minimize costs, labor and shipping in overcoming technical problems on the seafloor. At the same time, it is also a useful device for monitoring changes in natural conditions in the ocean.