Bluefin, SeeByte Partner for Pipeline Inspection Capability

By Danielle Lucey

Bluefin Robotics and SeeByte announced today that they will collaborate to provide their technologies for deepwater export pipeline collaborations. 



Bluefin's 21-inch autonomous underwater vehicle will be equipped with SeeByte's SeeTrack AutoTracker.



"This collaboration enables our customers to save operational costs by using enhanced data acquisition techniques for pipeline inspection," says Omer Poroy, vice president of business development at Bluefin Robotics. "Offering SeeByte's software with our vehicles provides a cost-effective and time-efficient solution to what can regularly be viewed as a complex task."



The SeeTrack AutoTracker enables AUVs to perform pipeline inspections using onboard payload sensors to detect the pipeline and then automatically adjusts the vehicle's path so it can optimally track along the pipeline.



"I am pleased to grow our relationship and experience in working with Bluefin Robotics and their vehicles," says Ioseba Tena, SeeByte's sales manager. "Having worked with Bluefin in the past in conjunction with our SeeTrack Military product, it is encouraging that we are now in a position to integrate SeeTrack AutoTracker with another of their vehicles, to offer customers an over-all solution for pipeline inspection."