Operating environments: Industrial plant technology test facility, Operating oil refinery, TotalEnergies TADI industrial test site, Lacq, France, ENEOS Oita refinery; June–September 2023 trial
Control modes: Autonomous
Stair climbing - Customer-site use - 2025-02-13 - MHI and TotalEnergies completed a three-month EX ROVR ASCENT trial at the TADI industrial test site in Lacq, France, evaluating stair navigation and autonomous control-panel operation. - environment: Industrial plant… - source: mhi.com
Remote and shared control - Demonstrated - 2023-11-09 - A six-axis explosion-proof arm positioned the camera near plant instruments; remote operations and mission planning used the accompanying application. - source: mhi.com
Robotic inspection - Customer-site use - 2023-11-09 - EX ROVR ASCENT performed autonomous inspection trials at ENEOS Oita refinery from June through September 2023, collecting instrument images, thermal scans and acoustic information. - environment: Operating oil refinery - source: mhi.com
Industrial equipment operation - Pilot - 2025-02-13 - Operate a control panel during the three-month TotalEnergies TADI site trial in Lacq, France. - environment: TotalEnergies TADI industrial test site, Lacq, France - Hardware: Integrated six-axis manipulator - Control: autonomous - source: mhi.com
Inspection - Pilot - 2023-11-09 - Collect instrument images, thermal scans and acoustic data on autonomous patrols at ENEOS Oita refinery. - environment: ENEOS Oita refinery; June–September 2023 trial - Hardware: Explosion-proof tracked robot; Optical and thermal sensing; Six-axis camera-positioning arm - Control: autonomous - source: mhi.com