Blueye Webinars

Underwater ROVs are an excellent tool for conducting underwater inspections. However, sometimes the water quality is not ideal. Integrating a sonar on an ROV will allow the operator to extend their vision beyond what the underwater drone camera sees, thus making navigation and operations easier and more efficient.

Sonar is not new tech in most marine and aquatic industries, so adapting these tools to an ROV platform makes perfect sense. Underwater sonars are used for data collection, navigation, obstacle avoidance, and target identification. Combining sonar data with still images and video from the ROV camera(s) gives the operator a complete overview of the situation. When choosing a sonar system to equip an ROV with, there are some factors to consider. It mainly depends on your use case, prior knowledge, and budget.

Join our digital event on 31st March to know more about different sonars and their use cases.

Ben Grant and Asser Awaad from Impact Subsea, and Mike Broadbent from Tritech International Limited will be joining as guest speakers for the event.

We are launching our next-generation ROV - A new model with endless possibilities!

Sign up for our digital launch event and be among the first to learn all the details of the new model! The Blueye team will present the news from the Blueye Office along with some of our customers.

Our drones are normally controlled by the Blueye app running on either iOS or Android devices. However, some of our customers have unique use-cases where they want to control the drones with their own software. Therefore, we have developed the Blueye SDK — a python library that allows you to control the drone programmatically within minutes.

In this webinar, our Senior Software Engineer Andreas Viggen, and Nadir Kapetanović (MSc Researcher LABUST, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing) will show you how to get started with the SDK. Andreas will also present some stories from our customers who have utilized the SDK for controlling multiple drones simultaneously and others that have improved their post-processing sequence of the media and log files via the API.

Interested in learning all the different ways to utilize the Blueye SDK? Reserve your seat and join the live discussion!

Are you an expert of what’s below the surface? Become a Partner, let’s grow together. During these times, local presence is more important than ever and we want to team up with worldwide underwater experts. Do you know all the superintendents in your region? Do you spend your time in a local marina? Are you an UAV pilot? Are your expertise and passion only missing a reliable technology partner? We're expanding our global reach at Blueye Robotics and are looking for serious partners around the world. Our partners play a significant role in understanding our customers business and helping with introducing a new way to inspect and monitor what’s below the surface. Join our webinar to start exploring business opportunities together.

• What are the main use cases for underwater drones?
• How do you generate revenue with reselling and inspections as a service?
• How to partner with Blueye and how does it work?

Purchasing underwater drones are one thing, but to truly start benefitting, you need to use them on a regular basis.

As with any new tool, it's essential to make a plan that allows your team time to learn how to use and get comfortable with the new equipment. Teams that have completed proper onboarding have a greater chance of succeeding when the tool is needed for a mission. We have built a unit for professional use that everyone can feel comfortable using, regardless of whether you are a technical superintendent, a fish farmer, or a general inspector.

Are you considering acquiring an underwater drone? Or do you already have one but want to improve implementation and onboarding? Then this webinar is for you! Join us to discuss:

• How to prepare for successful onboarding?
• How to be safe and comfortable with the technology?
• What are the most common hurdles to overcome?

The use of underwater drones for vessel inspections has picked up interest lately. In addition to the more traditional and occasional hull, propellor, and thruster inspections, we have noticed an increased emphasis on performance-related inspections and unique cases like inspecting for contraband.

To ensure high-quality substance for our audience, we have the honor of presenting Captain Gaurav Lal as a guest speaker in this webinar. Gaurav Lal has over 20 years of experience, including leading the underwater operation team for a global shipping company. We are looking forward to having him join the discussion and hear his inside view on this exciting topic.

In this webinar, we will discuss:

• The status quo and future of underwater inspections.
• Advice for companies to utilize more technology for daily operations.
• Underwater drones onboard vessels.
• Performing vessel inspections using underwater drones.

Provisioning of water supply is an essential task for public utilities. In recent years, a dozen Norwegian municipalities have begun utilizing Blueye underwater drones to perform in-house underwater inspections of, for example, water pipes in drinking water and wastewater reservoirs. Underwater drones are used in inspecting water tanks as well.

In this webinar, we'll discuss the most common use cases for Norwegian municipalities that have transitioned from using external divers to in-house inspections.

• Most common waterworks use cases
• Benefits of owning an underwater drone
• What makes Blueye the perfect solution?

More and more companies are purchasing underwater ROVs for the first time. Most of them do so to enable their users to get eyes below the surface without relying on external service providers. Assessing your options can be challenging if you are new to the technology. Therefore, we want to help you evaluate the different models in the market.

In this webinar, we will dive into a typical customer journey, from interest to first dive. We will look beyond the technical specifications and discuss what aspects make an underwater drone robust and easy-to-use from both a mechanical and software point of view.

• How are underwater drones used professionally?
• What to look for beyond technical specifications?
• How to compare different units?

We will focus on users and buyers making their first purchase of underwater technology.

In this webinar, Michael Stein, an established maritime consultant and Blueye Partner, will join Henri Parviainen as a guest to discuss 3D Photogrammetry using underwater drones.

Photogrammetry has been a frequent request for a webinar topic which is why Blueye is proud to have an expert to share insights to commercial applications of the topic. In addition to specific maritime use cases, we will discuss photogrammetry in general and which tools are needed and recommended.

This webinar is recommended for those interested in 3D models of underwater assets and potentially expanding the usage of their underwater drones.

The phrase ‘easy-to-use’ is suffering inflation in the market of underwater drones. It’s time to dive deeper into our products’ design and show you why the Blueye drone is rightfully called easy-to-use.

The unique design of the Blueye drone plays a key factor in enabling intuitive maneuvering while also delivering high-quality footage. In this webinar, our Sales Director will try to do the Blueye engineers justice, presenting point key decisions of the hardware development. He will also get further into the details and explain what truly enables the intuitiveness of our drone.

• What is the story behind the Blueye drone’s unique design?
• What are the key decisions to enable user-friendliness?
• What is needed to produce high-quality underwater footage?

This webinar will provide you as a buyer with a deeper understanding of underwater drone technology, enabling you to ask more in-depth questions when searching for the right inspection tool.

Blueye has been driven to change the way we look below the surface from day one. Our vision is to enable knowledge and sustainability by providing low-friction access to view what’s below the surface.

Commonly, we see that traditional inspection methods are slow, take time to schedule, and time spent generating inspection reports varies. We have developed a reporting system that spares you time on generating reports after a dive. in 2-5 minutes you will have a report ready that includes all the details you need.

In this webinar, our Sales Director Henri Parviainen will showcase how inspectors can increase the quality of their inspection reports and more importantly enable instant sharing of reports.

• What is the added value of Blueye to companies performing inspections?
• How to become the fastest to deliver inspections in your market?

The development of underwater technology has opened a whole new market for new types of inspectors and operators. One does not need to be a professional ROV pilot to operate an underwater drone or MiniROV. But the market very much demands professionalism. We believe that providing easy-to-use equipment to subject matter experts will increase the number of inspections and hence improve safety and cost-efficient inspections.

In this webinar, we will share insight into the new type of inspector using Blueye underwater drones to provide value in their local areas. Learn more about the technology and the use cases for inspection service companies and small business owners.

• How have underwater drones changed the inspection service market?
• What is the enabler of this change?
• Who is the new type of inspector?

This webinar is recommended for anyone considering purchasing underwater drones or otherwise related to underwater inspections from all industries.

This time, Andreas Viggen and Martin Ludvigsen (Professor at NTNU) will talk about the use of the Blueye underwater drones in Science and Research. Martin has a long track record of marine research in the polar region around Spitsbergen. With help of autonomy and robotics, Martin has been able to study both microbiology and marine archeology in the coastal areas of Spitsbergen.

They will also talk about how our Software SDK has enabled a group of Ph.D. students at NTNU to control two Blueye drones that are physically mounted together to create a larger ROV. This was done to carry ecotone's hyperspectral camera.

This webinar is recommended for anyone interested in learning more about how underwater drones can be used for Science and Research or otherwise related to underwater inspections from all industries.

In August, Andreas Viggen from Blueye traveled offshore to test the use of Blueye ROV during a drilling operation. The main mission was to showcase that the drone could be used to film the conductor guides after being lowered from the deck 38 m above sea-level. The sea state was about 2 m Hs and 20-30 knots of wind.

Come join us to learn more about how to tackle difficult missions with the Blueye underwater drones. Topics for the session:

• How to plan for an advanced mission
• What is so special with the Blueye design.
• Strengths and limitations of the Blueye mini-ROV.

This webinar is recommended for anyone considering purchasing underwater drones or otherwise related to underwater inspections from all industries.

Learn more about how deploying drones can help organizations take full advantage of digital workflows in their underwater operations.

Balancing between operational expenses and capital expenses. These are topics of nearly every meeting with clients, pursuing to challenge the traditional methods of underwater inspections. Often it will be valuable for your firm to own your own drone and do frequent underwater inspections, and other times it can be useful to hire external service providers.

In this webinar, our Sales Director Henri Parviainen will discuss the key advantages of performing in-house inspections but also what are the strengths of service providers through examples from Blueye’s customers and service provider partners. Learn more about how utilizing drones can help organizations take full advantage of digital workflows in their underwater inspections.

• Key advantages of owning an underwater drone
• Digital deliverables of an inspection workflow
• How to get started?

This webinar is recommended for anyone considering purchasing underwater drones or otherwise related to underwater inspections from all industries.

Both the supply and demand of underwater drones are growing increasingly in the global market, but how should you decide which way to go? It may be a tiresome task to go through and compare all the technical sheets and it will only take you down one route.

What really differentiates Blueye from the rest of the market? Our Sales Director Henri Parviainen will talk about why Blueye entered the market and why our customers keep coming back to us. Also, get a perspective of the positioning of our products in the competitive market of new underwater technology, and maybe even challenge our views!

• What differentiates Blueye in the market?
• What are the key competitive advantages?
• What should you look for when performing a comparison?

This webinar is recommended for anyone considering purchasing underwater drones, or otherwise, related to underwater inspections from all industries.

It is not always possible for all internal and external parties to be present when performing in-water surveys, damage surveys or just regular checkups of the hull and propeller. Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve been in the office and would’ve needed to assess soft grounding or fouling live instead of having to rely on images coming from divers with delay?

Join our webinar to discuss relevant use cases and see how underwater inspections can be shared directly to your desktop with Microsoft Teams.

This webinar is valuable for both shipowners and service providers.

• How are underwater drones used in shipping today?
• Inspect from the quayside or onboard the ship?
• Use divers as a service or take ownership in your inspection process?
• Share live video with your team members to take decisions more rapidly.
• What are the benefits of live-streaming underwater footage?

Norwegian Webinar At this hot topic webinar for the aquaculture industry, Trond Larsen from Blueye will talk about all the opportunities you and your company have when using an underwater drone from Blueye. The drone can be used for multiple purposes, one of the most important for your business, will be the ability to have full control over what goes on under the water. By more frequent monitoring of the condition in the fish-pen, it is possible to avoid major damage, reduce the chance of escape, and use more time on preventing damage rather than costly repairs.

When we introduce our underwater drone to new customers, it is typical that they are surprised at how easy it is to operate the drone itself. But then they ask further - What is it that we are really allowed to use it for in day-to-day operations? In this webinar Trond will answer that question by going through these points:

• Underwater drone as part of the internal control
• How to leverage and improve employees' experience and competence to meet certification and regulatory requirements.
• Is good enough for the directorate, good enough for you?

With experience from product development of aquaculture equipment, and as auditor for environmental and sustainability certification, Trond has varied, in-depth, experience from both sides of the table, which will provide a balanced approach to this topic.

Join the webinar and find out how the drone will make your day-to-day life easier for you, while reducing costs with help from more preventative work.

At this Blueye webinar you will learn more about how aerial drones and underwater drones are used in the hydroelectric industry. What are the similarities and differences? What kind of deliverables are expected from service providers? What can be done internally?

Join our discussion between the New Age Aerial Founder David McCreary and Blueye Sales Director Henri Parviainen and learn more about this theme. This discussion will be relevant for professionals related to dam safety and maintenance as well as professionals looking to expand from aerial inspections to the underwater world.

• Whats the driver to utilize new technology in inspections?
• What drives dam inspections in the US?
• How can you be preventive in your industry?

Learn how the global marine coating company Jotun utilises underwater drones to inspect vessels. We will have a discussion with Thomas Ottosen from Jotun on what kind of future they picture for the industry and how frequent inspections can benefit the performance of vessels.

Blueye has always focused on easy-to-use technology and our aim is to help everyone inspect their underwater assets more frequently. In this webinar, we’ll focus on how Norwegian municipalities use drones to inspect water reservoirs, water pipes and other infrastructure found below the surface. The webinar is suited for those wanting to learn what kind of benefits there are to own the technology yourself and what the common use cases are.

• Learn how municipalities utilises drones
• Inspections of constructions below the surface

Can you cut cost and increase efficiency for underwater operations with drones, and replace the diver? Learn from our Sales Director, Henri Parviainen, how underwater drones can be used as a tool in professional inspections and what kind of benefits they provide in today's market where health and safety are more important than ever.

• What benefits to expect from underwater drones
• When to use a drone and when to rely on humans

Learn how to work more proactively under water on your aquaculture site. This webinar is suitable for those being curious about learning how underwater drones can make everyday operations on aquaculture sites easier.

• Discover tear before damages happen
• Minimize risk for escapes
• Cut unnecessary cost for unforeseen repair
• Monitoring fish health and cleaner fish