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Market position

Positioned in maritime and industrial robotics for hull cleaning, autonomous vessel maintenance and underwater inspection, tracked as a private company in the frontier and industrial technology sector and compared with Fleet Robotics, CRABI Robotics and Neptune Robotics.

The company emphasises proactive, routine hull grooming rather than reactive cleaning tied to a specific port or schedule; non-abrasive, biocide-free cleaning that avoids coating damage and chemical discharge; elimination of diver risk; remote operation and always-on cleaning during voyages; and systems that learn and adapt across deployments. It frames its robots as augmenting rather than replacing crews, and targets measurable outcomes such as fuel savings, emissions reduction and uptime.

Technology

RoverClean is a hull-grooming crawler with a four-wheel magnetic drive system delivering 255 kg-cm torque per wheel, a maximum speed of 0.5 m/s at 94 RPM, neutral buoyancy and a one-metre cleaning span. It uses interchangeable brush heads (0.3 mm, 0.5 mm and 1 mm), four cameras (two 16 MP for navigation and two 48 MP for recording), an all-aluminium build and an 18 mm tether for communications, power and safety, with a cleaned area cited at 85.5 m2. RoverClean 3.0 adds advanced sensor technology and supports ultrasonic thickness gauging through an add-on UT puck. CargoClean 1.0 addresses cargo hold cleaning and survey support, while HydraInspect 1.0 is configured for internal tank cleaning, ultrasonic gauging, corrosion scans and confined environments across refineries, offshore rigs and storage sites. Systems provide real-time hull condition insights, remote control and monitoring, and adaptive behaviour tuned to fouling, coatings and environmental conditions.

Go-to-market

Direct engagement with shipowners, operators and charterers, supported by published vessel case studies, an accelerator and grant-backed development history, and named early commercial deployments with Cargill and the Lomar fleet, alongside orders from hard coatings paint makers.

Shipowners and operators of commercial vessels such as MR tankers and Panamax bulk carriers, marine coatings manufacturers, and oil, gas and offshore asset operators requiring tank inspection, corrosion mapping and NDT work.

Geography

Company setup in Singapore, with a production facility and workshop in Athens, Greece from which remote operations have been conducted. Customer deployments referenced include voyages between Nigeria and Houston and between Brazil and China.

History

Project RoverClean was initiated in January 2020, with the first deployment of RoverClean 1.0 in March 2021 alongside participation in the Techstars EPS program. The company was set up in Singapore in April 2022 and received a maritime research grant in the same period. Its first commercial deployment came with Cargill in February 2023, followed by deployment of RoverClean 2.0 across the Lomar fleet in September 2023 and development of RoverClean 3.0 with advanced sensor technology in December 2023. By January 2024 the fleet had grown to 28 units with 14 new orders from hard coatings paint makers. A production facility was established in Athens, Greece in May 2025, and the first successful remote operation from the Athens workshop took place in October 2025.