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Maersk orders Odim arm for $9.9m



By Upstream staff 

Maersk Supply Services has ordered the first new generation anchor handling solution, a newly developed robotic "arm", from Odim for Nkr50 million ($9.9 million).

The solution is a remotely operated anchor handling solution, called Odim Rahs (remote anchor handling system), and is a result of collaboration between Maersk, Odim, StatoilHydro and Innovation Norway.

The new hydraulic robotic arms function as extensions of the operator’s own arms and are remotely controlled from the bridge.

They can lift, grip, turn and rotate a number of different components while at the same time the operator can feel the forces in play through the control system.

“We utilise a newly developed robotic arm which functions in principle in the same way as a remotely operated human arm,” explains vice president of Odim Jon Olav Kopperstad.

”This solution allows hazardous anchor handling operations to be conducted without crew on deck.”

The project to develop the new solution was initiated in 2004 by then Statoil, in a bid to reduce crew exposure during high-risk operations on anchor handling vessels.


Tuesday, 15 April, 2008, 12:55 GMT  | last updated: Tuesday, 15 April, 2008, 13:06 GMT

Giving an arm: Norwegian Odim receives the first order for its remotely operated anchor handling solution which acts as an arm extension for operators
 

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