Venue and timings:
L Block Lecture Theatre, L Block at South Shields Marine School of South Tyneside College, South Shields, NE33 3EN. Commencing at 6.15pm with refreshments in the Costa concession from 5:30pm.
Overview:
Offshore vessels were designed around the capabilities and limitations of skilled personnel. Robotics is changing that model. This presentation explores how new operational challenges, autonomous systems and changing economics are reshaping ships and underwater craft, creating a new generation of smaller, smarter and more persistent machines for work at sea.
Pricing: Free to all IMarEST and RINA members and guests.
Speaker: Vahid Walker MEng CEng CMarEng FIMarEST, Technical Director, Walker Subsea Engineering