BeeX Autonomous Systems

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BeeX Autonomous Systems

Pitch Video

Representative: Grace Chia, CEO

Location: Singapore, Asia

Technology Solution

BeeX manufactures hovering autonomous underwater vehicles, and pairs them with a software subscription for intelligence and analytics.

The company’s technology is solving the problem of expensive and dangerous underwater inspections. Offshore infrastructure today is kept safe by these regular inspections. They are currently done by Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), which depend on large support vessels to bring them out and supply power and communications when doing the work. A vessel crew of 20-30 supports a team of 6 ROV personnel. The cost and carbon footprint of underwater work is largely from the vessels.

The company’s autonomous vehicles reduce the cost and risk by being progressively independent from these support vessels. BeeX leverage years of R&D in self-driving to develop robust underwater autonomy, especially in challenging conditions. The hardware is fully integrated with intelligent cloud reporting and analytical software tools.

On a daily basis, vessels out at sea idling whilst the underwater vehicles/divers are operating account for the equivalent of 25-50 tonnes of CO2. Autonomous vehicles progressively remove the need to have these vessels on-site. Building new vessels, even if they are green, has a higher overall carbon footprint from manufacturing to end of life. BeeX is taking a new approach which requires less of the current resources we already have in place.