Saro Robotics
Saro Robotics builds autonomous climbing robots that inspect complex industrial pipe networks, eliminating scaffolding costs and safety risks while capturing continuous data across entire pipe systems. The robots navigate vertical and horizontal pipes, bends, and varying diameters, enabling operators to shift from time-based to condition-based maintenance programs. The system is designed for energy facilities with insulated pipework, targeting corrosion under insulation detection.
- Robotics
- Hardware
Funding
Raised to date
$120KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
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Product
Problem
Industrial pipe inspection is expensive, dangerous, and incomplete. Scaffolding accounts for 50% of inspection costs, often requiring costly shutdowns, while manual processes miss critical data between inspection intervals. Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) alone costs Norwegian operators over 1 billion NOK annually, and traditional methods fail to detect hidden corrosion before it becomes a safety risk.
Solution
Saro Robotics provides autonomous climbing robots specifically engineered for complex industrial pipe networks. The robots navigate vertical and horizontal pipes, rotate 360° for full coverage, and traverse obstacles and bends while capturing precise inspection data. This eliminates the need for scaffolding and human access at height, reducing both cost and safety risk. The robots deliver continuous data coverage across entire pipe networks rather than periodic snapshots, enabling operators to shift from time-based to condition-based maintenance. The system is built for the challenging environments of industrial energy facilities, handling varying pipe diameters while maintaining precise sensor positioning. By providing comprehensive inspection data, Saro enables predictive maintenance programs that reduce costs and improve operational safety.
Target Audience
Primary customers are operators of industrial energy facilities, including oil and gas plants, who need safer, more cost-effective inspection of extensive pipe networks and are moving toward condition-based maintenance programs.
Features
- Autonomous climbing capability for vertical and horizontal pipes with 360° rotation for complete circumferential coverage
- Navigates bends, obstacles, and varying pipe diameters in complex industrial environments
- Continuous data capture across entire pipe networks, not just periodic point measurements
- Eliminates scaffolding requirements, addressing the 50% of inspection costs attributed to scaffolding setup
- Designed specifically for energy facilities with insulated pipework, targeting CUI detection
- Tested and refined on real industrial sites like K-lab in collaboration with operators