Scantrol Vision & Control
Joining Forces to Develop Technology for the Future
Our Goal is to become a Leader in Integrating Vision and Control Technology for the Marine Industry
To address the issue of CO2 emissions, the maritime industry needs to increase the use of robotics and autonomous vessels.
In the offshore energy sector, it is likely that a number of large and expensive survey vessels can be replaced by unmanned surface vessels to carry out subsea mapping, inspection, and maintenance work.
By developing controls for autonomous launch and recovery of subsea survey equipment and machine learning-based vision systems, we intend to contribute to this transition.
Marine resources can be harvested sustainably through the introduction of new technologies and a change in attitudes. We aim to take part in this development by providing vision & control technology for marine research and commercial fisheries.
Deep Vision and Girona Vision Research
Scantrol's sister companies Deep Vision and Girona Vision Research are key partners in our vision & control strategy. The two companies are experts in vision technology and machine learning and work together to develop a subsea vision system that allows commercial fishermen to catch only legal fish while preventing the catch of illegal or undersized fish. The system is already in use within marine research, and commercial fishermen will soon be able to use the system.
Deep Vision lets you catch the valuable fish and release undersized fish and illegal by-catch.
Deep Vision has built up extensive experience with hardware and software design of subsea vision systems, and our team has proven its ability to deliver advanced vision technology for harsh subsea environments. Deep Vision shares offices with Scantrol.
Deep Vision has expertise in subsea vision systems and machine learning
Girona Vision Research has a high level of expertise in subsea image processing and machine learning, and is located at the University of Girona Technology Park.
GVR has extensive R&D experience in the fields of subsea image processing and machine learning
Developing our New Vision & Control Platform
Bringing modern vision and machine learning technology onboard vessels operating on the seven oceans is a challenging task that has been on Scantrol’s agenda for several years. Technology of this type is definitely required, but it needs to be developed and implemented with care to achieve the safety and reliability necessary for marine operations
We have prepared ourselves by building up expertise in the sister companies Deep Vision and GVR, and we are now in the process of integrating our technologies into a common Vision & Control platform.
The R&D teams of Scantrol, Deep Vision and GVR are working together on developing a new Vision & Control platform. The work is well underway and the first products will be launched soon.
Precision Harvesting
Improving the precision of seabed harvesting by combining vision and control.
Vision system to locate targets and document conditions before and after harvesting.
Controls using information from the vision system for accurate positioning of harvesting equipment independent of vessel motion and for controlling the capacity of harvesting equipment.
Gangway Landing Assistant
We have achieved great progress in the development of our new Gangway Landing Assistant, and it will soon be ready for launch.
This is a system where vision and control work together to provide a safe, simple and reliable method for landing gangways from ship to platform or ship to ship without the need for expensive and complex 3D compensation.
We mount a camera at the end of the gangway and a recognizable target on the landing platform. The vision system locates the target and assists the operator in positioning the gangway above the landing platform. Once the gangway is correctly positioned above the landing point, the vision system will monitor the gangway movement relative to the landing point and signal the operator when it is safe to land.
The system will have an auto landing option. In auto landing mode, the motion is continuously monitored and compared to the characteristics of the gangway to determine the correct moment for landing safely.
USV
Scantrol is engaged in delivering control systems for unmanned surface vessels, and we have noticed a growing demand for more intelligent monitoring and control for this type of vessel.
We have set ourselves the goal of becoming an important player in this market, and a significant part of our R&D activities are directed towards this goal.