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SHETLAND and other Scottish islands will move down to Level 1 Covid-19 restrictions and will be able to enjoy additional freedoms along with household visits from next week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
In a televised briefing on Tuesday lunchtime, Sturgeon said the pandemic picture in the islands had been “very much more positive” with case numbers at “consistently low levels, very low levels indeed, for some time now”.
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As a result, while mainland Scotland – with the exception of Moray – is moving to Level 2, Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles will be able to enjoy greater freedoms from Monday (17 May).
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Equinor is to introduce autonomous ATEX-certified robots on its oil and gas installations offshore Norway. Its partner in the project is Austria-based inspection robotics specialist Taurob, whose robots will be used to conduct routine inspection and maintenance tasks on offshore installations.
Taurob started developing robotics applied for human safety, particularly in emergency response situations, 11 years ago. The ‘Taurob Inspector’ is the result of an intensive two-year collaboration between Taurob, Total and OGTC. Total was the first energy major to implement robotic inspection on their plant in the North Sea s Shetland Islands.
Matthias Biegl, Managing Director and co-founder of Taurob, said: “Our goal is to build trust with operators and raise acceptance on site. Going through thorough certification procedures with the customers and their HSEQ and Electrical departments is as important as the development process itself. Our goal is to build trust with o
Equinor to introduce autonomous ATEX-certified robots on their oil & gas installations in Norway. Partners with Austrian inspection robotics specialist Taurob.
Taurob Inspector robot on the job - photo Ben Mullay
Taurob Inspector payload (render)
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Dietsmann, global front runner in Advanced Predictive Maintenance for the energy industry, increased its share in robotics specialist Taurob GmbH to 50%. BREDA, THE NETHERLANDS, April 6, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ This week, major international maintenance company Dietsmann increased its share in robotics specialist Taurob GmbH from 20% to 50%. Dietsmann made an initial investment in Taurob in 2019, as both entities shared the common goal of combining Dietsmann’s maintenance know-how and Taurob’s robotics technology to develop and apply robotics solutions on Dietsmann-maintained energy production installations both onshore and offshore.
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