Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited

Stebbins Innovations, LLC

John Martin

Craig McCormick

Michael Coady

Michael Willey

James Lippold

Shane McClaugherty

Shane Mcclaugherty

The system for making or breaking the riser includes a robotic system. The robotic system includes one or more robotic arms configured to be disposed on a spider deck, and one or more riser-connection manipulation tools each having a camera and being configured to manipulate a riser connection, the camera being configured to capture an image of an object, wherein each robotic arm is configured to couple to one riser-connection manipulation tool. Further the system for making or breaking the riser includes a control system. The control system includes a robot controller in communication with the one or more robotic arms and configured to control the one or more robotic arms. The system for making or breaking the riser is configured to analyze the image to determine the location and orientation of the object and transmit the location and orientation of the object to the robot controller.

Robotic system for making or breaking a riser

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Houston, TX, United States of America

John Martin