Aberdeen flies robots it cannot see
- The world centre for subsea engineering
- Remotely operated vehicles
- Onshore control of seabed robots
- Where the network cannot fail
How Aberdeen grew
The short version, in order. Pick a year.
North Sea oil
The industry that made Aberdeen the world centre for subsea engineering, and eventually for the robots that work down there.
The city that runs machines it cannot see
Aberdeen is the world’s centre for subsea engineering, and that has made it a serious robotics city. Remotely operated vehicles working at depths no diver can reach are designed, built and piloted from here, along with the autonomous systems that increasingly go down instead.
The direction of travel now is remote operation: control centres onshore in Aberdeen flying vehicles on the seabed hundreds of miles away, over connections that have to work first time because there is no second attempt at that depth.
It is one of the few places where an unreliable network is a safety problem rather than an inconvenience, which tends to concentrate the mind about how things are built.
What that means if you trade in Aberdeen
Aberdeen’s economy moves with the energy industry, and local businesses feel it quickly in both directions. Firms here are used to buying carefully and switching when a supplier stops delivering.
The city also serves a wide rural hinterland across Aberdeenshire, where the nearest alternative may be an hour away.
What Aberdeen businesses ask us for
Say what you charge
A city of procurement professionals expects a number and is unimpressed by a form.
Cover the shire
Inverurie, Ellon, Stonehaven. Rural customers need to know before they ring.
Show you are steady
In a boom-and-bust economy, years trading is genuinely reassuring. Put it near the top.
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What is Aberdeen the world centre for?
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