Indigenously Developed Underwater ROV
Published on : Monday 30-11--0001
Planys Technologies, the pioneer of underwater robotic inspection solutions in India, has launched its most advanced remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Mikros. The new product is poised to offer superior underwater inspection solutions to process industries, petrochemical refineries and desalination plants.
Supported under Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s (BPCL) startup scheme Project Ankur, Planys developed Mikros with BPCL team’s support and several field learnings. ROV Mikros was launched by Shri R Ramachandran Director (Refineries), BPCL.
Addressing the media during the launch, R Ramachandran, said: “I believe India’s thriving startup ecosystem would contribute significantly to our economy in the coming decade. Startups such as Planys have developed various deep technology solutions which are already adding great value to key industrial sectors like Oil and Gas. We wish them all the best.”
Vineet Upadhyay, CTO of Planys Technologies, said: “We are happy to launch Mikros which we can proudly claim as our most advanced indigenously developed mini-ROV today. After understanding the market conditions and gaining experience from earlier products over the last 3 years, we started working on Mikros. We are elated to have developed a customer centric product proposition that will help underwater asset owners take data driven decision and forecast maintenance and repair. Apart from India, we are also focusing on other geographies with Mikros.”
Mikros is the next generation mini-observation class portable ROV built with a compact and robust design with latest innovations and cutting-edge technologies. It has a lightweight, rugged and modular frame with extremely efficient thrust to weight ratio that makes it an engineered masterpiece. Mikros has been designed to cater to long tether lengths, having the capabilities of collecting data in very challenging situations like high depths, turbid waters and inside long pipelines used by process industries and desalination plants. These data points and the analytical dashboard built by Planys will help forecast failures and help asset owners plan for maintenance and repairs.
Planys Technologies is a deep tech startup pioneering in underwater robotic inspection solutions in India founded by IIT Madras Alumni and Faculty. An IIT-Madras incubated startup inspired by the ‘Make in India’ initiative, Planys envisions to steer a new course in the maintenance and inspection industry with its disruptive innovations in the field of marine robotics, novel underwater NDT methods and post-inspection analytical reporting platform.
Since inception, Planys has developed a fleet of 6 ROVs completing over 50+ projects across multiple sectors like Oil and Gas, Ports, Dams, Bridges, Power, Desalination and Process Industries in India. Planys is currently scaling up operations to the Middle East, Europe and South-East Asia. More recently, Planys has also been selected as a scale-up to the PortXL Accelerator program in the Netherlands.
Caption:
Pix1: The Planys ROV
Pix 2: (L-R) The Planys core team with R Ramachandran, Director (Refineries), BPCL – Rakesh Sirikonda, Co-founder & Manufacturing Lead; Dr Prabhu Rajagopal, Co-founder & Director; Vineet Upadhyay, Co-founder and CTO; and Tanuj Jhunjhunwala, Co-founder & CEO.