Aqua Robotics uses our bidirectional Remote Controlling solution to receive & send data to their robots

​​Aqua Robotics has developed an innovative business concept to offer the aquaculture industry services that keep the cages clean at all times by means of robots.

Digitread Connect ensures that data from the robots is uploaded to the cloud and presented in applications at Aqua Robotics premises as well as remotely at any of their customers’ sites.

The fish farm industry deals with the problem that algae, seaweed and other waste in the salmon cages can grow at a rapid rate. This can cause extensive problems. It leaves the salmon with less oxygen to breathe. Cleaner fish whose job it is to eat lice from the salmon stop doing their job and start eating on the green matter instead of eating the lice when there is too much growth. 

The principle behind Aqua Robotic’s washing robot is that it attaches to the notch ring on top of the cage and continuously brushes the entire inside of the net. That way, the sprouts never get a chance to start grow. The company’s business concept is to offer cleaning as a service and guarantee the breeders clean cages.

In so doing, Aqua Robotics’ service department needs a full overview of all robots that are in operation at all times. Regardless of whether the fish farm is in Western Norway, or located in a northern Norwegian fjord, the company must be able to follow every single washing robot from the head office in Bryne. The remote monitoring solution needed is developed by Digitread Connect.

Quick delivery

"We started the collaboration with a one-day workshop at Aqua Robotics. The aim was for us to gain an understanding of the concept and the product and, in turn, for Aqua Robotics to ascertain what it is possible to achieve with the IoT.

We then spent two weeks developing a working solution that could be used by both Aqua Robotics and their customers, ” states Christoffer Lange from Digitread Connect. During these two weeks, Digitread Connect ensured that positioning data, depth and battery capacity data from the robots were uploaded to the cloud.

The developers created three different applications where the data was displayed. One application was developed for the Aqua Robotics service department that can now check the status of each individual robot and remotely control it back to the starting position. Another application has been developed for the users of the robot.

They can track the robots now and ensure that they are working properly. The latest application is a mobile application intended for the operators out on the farm itself. With this app, they can start, stop and park the robot directly from their mobile.

Different users need different information

Different users need different information. Digitread connect build three different interfaces: One for the Aqua Robotics service department, another one for the company that bought the robot and a third one for the operator

”We now have a complete overview of all the robots that are in operation at all times. We can easily see everything that is happening and if there are any issues. In this case, we can quickly and easily address problems immediately remotely even if we are far away”, Molaug ends.