Saipem's FlatFish underwater drone completes Petrobras test campaign and advances to the final project stage

Mar 19, 2026 · Capability · Saipem · Maritime

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  • Saipem announced that FlatFish successfully completed its offshore test campaign with Petrobras.
  • The milestone moved the project into its final stage and validated autonomous underwater inspection performance in the target operating environment.
  • The result strengthens Saipem's case for FlatFish as a serious deepwater autonomous inspection system.

Saipem is an Italian offshore engineering company with an in-house underwater robotics program around the Hydrone platform. Its FlatFish system supports resident subsea inspection and autonomous monitoring.