Industrial inspections in oil & gas, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical plants often expose workers to hazardous, confined, and hard-to-reach areas, requiring costly scaffolding, permits, and lengthy coordination. FA-EMAT addresses this gap with Hibot’s lightweight, modular Float Arm capable of reaching confined or elevated areas, enabling safe, semi-autonomous inspections in complex environments – eliminating most safety risks, cutting setup time and cost, and standardizing data quality.
The FA-EMAT project will develop a new link for the Float Arm robot, with integrating a new electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) that detects corrosion or damage without the need for surface preparation and improve user experience by integrating the Jarvis digital twin tool. The prototype will be validated at BASF Antwerp, with end-users using the new system in real
environment targeting a 40% reduction in inspection time and 30% cost savings, while significantly enhancing safety and inspection consistency.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement nº 101135708. The dissemination of results herein reflects only the author’s view, and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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