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Monitor the space and keep an eye on things could be a solution. this particular rig in norway has been parked up for refurbishment so that robots can be put through their paces and get some practice in. this robot, known as weik, is making a 3—d map of the whole rig, a bit like a google street view. why is it called weik? weik — weik is a norwegian word which means to wake and watch. wake and watch, ok, so it's like a waking watch. when no—one�*s on the rig, weik is going around? exactly. it is not producing live footage of the rig, so what would someone want a street view of this kin...

It is not producing live footage of the rig, so what would someone want a street view of this kind of environment for? it can be used on shore, so if you plan to do maintenance. it can take images every hour, for instance. there's a lot of information to gather. of course, for a human, it is easy to make mistakes. the robot can handle it much more easily. all this data allows the company running at the robots, cognite, to build a digital twin, a full, virtual 3—d model of the rig. that map allows the robots to run autonomously, and the images taken can be compared over time to see if somethi...

It means to wake and watch. wake and watch — ok, so it's like a wake and watch. when no—one�*s on the rig, vak is going around? exactly. it's not producing live footage of the rig, so what would someone want a street view of this kind of environment for? it can be used from on shore, if you plan to do maintenance. it can take images every hour, for instance. there's a lot of information to gather. of course, for a human, it's easy to make mistakes. the robot can handle it much more easily. all of this data allows the company running at the robots, cognite, to build a digital twin, a full...

Potentially explode and the only way to get people in when you are hundreds of miles away at sea is for a helicopter to do an inspection at —— rig. so using robotics to monitor the space and keep an eye on things could be a solution. this particular rig in norway is parked for refurbishment so the robots can get some practice in. this robot, known as warwick, is making a map of the whole of rig, a bit like google street view. why is it called warwick? it street view. why is it called warwick?— street view. why is it called warwick? ., ., ., warwick? it is a norwegian word which means _ w...

Like a google street view. why is it called wak? wak — wak is a norwegian word, which means to wake and watch. wake and watch — ok, so it's like a wake and watch. when no—one�*s on the rig, wak is going around? exactly. it is not producing live footage of the rig, so what would someone want a street view of this kind of environment for? it can be used on shore, so if you plan to do maintenance. it can take images every hour, for instance. there's a lot of information to gather. of course, for a human, it's easy to make mistakes. the robot can handle it much more easily. all this data a...