Hydromea’s EXRAY Inspection Drone: Disrupting Underwater Inspections

Year: 2024

Award: Robotics & Automation Awards

Award Name: The Innovation in Extreme Environments Award

Company: Hydromea

Hydromea’s EXRAY inspection ROV technology is the result of extensive research and collaboration with over 100 industry experts.

It encompasses essential qualities such as ease of use, robustness, competitive pricing, versatility, and, above all, an impeccable fit for specific use cases.

By pushing the boundaries of ROV capabilities and introducing game-changing features like the wireless flyout robot and advanced visual and sonar data management, EXRAY is revolutionizing the underwater inspection landscape for offshore ballast tanks, as well as water storage, hydropower, and other industrial water market sectors. EXRAY offers users an ‘out-of-box’ system which is intuitive to control and provides significant cost savings and safety benefits compared to traditional offshore tank inspections performed using divers or rope-access technicians.

EXRAY is compact solution for rapid deployment which can reduce operational inspection time by 50%.