Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited

Stebbins Innovations, LLC

Keith Boughton

Scott McKaig

Craig McCormick

Michael Coady

Shane McClaugherty

James Lippold

Travis McGuire

Jason Baker

John Martin

Barry Braniff

Brendan B Braniff

Kevin Jander

A system for performing operations on a work center disposed on a drill rig floor includes a robotic system having a base disposed on a track for movement thereon, a robot arm supported on the base, and one or more end effector tools selectively attachable to an end of the robot arm. A control system has a robot controller in communication with the robotic system. The robot controller is configured to command the robotic system to enter a mode for performing a selected operation, command the robot arm to engage one of the one or more end effector tools related to the selected operation from a tool storage, command the robotic system to move along the track to a position adjacent to the work center, and command the robotic system to perform the selected operation at the work center using the robot arm and the engaged end effector tool.

Drill floor grafter robot

The system for automating well construction operations includes a plurality of sensors, such as a fingerboard latch position sensor for providing position of a fingerboard latch, a stick-up height sensor for determining a height of a portion of a tubular section extending from a well center, a pipe handler rotation sensor for detecting a position of a pipe handler, a bell guide clearance sensor for measuring a distance between a bell guide and a tool joint, a link tilt position sensor for measuring an angle of a bail with respect to a top drive, an elevator latch status sensor for detecting whether an elevator latch is open or closed, and a power slips sensor for detecting whether a power slips is open or closed. Further, the system includes a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors and configured to command one or more equipment based on inputs from the sensors.

Drilling automation system

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