LONDON — The North Sea, home to the U.K.’s oil and gas industry, is full of ships, rigs and drillers.
And now there are robot dogs out there, too.
Roberta, a red and black four-legged robot modeled on a springer spaniel, has cameras, sensors and scanners in place of ears, nose and eyes. It collects data for fossil fuel giant Equinor on its flagship Northern Lights carbon capture project in the nearby Norwegian Sea.
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Meanwhile, Aker BP, the Norwegian oil and gas exploration company, has its own trusty companion: Spot, a yellow and black robot which has been deployed on offshore vessels at major gas installations to gather data and detect leaks for more than five years.
