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Smelcom Robotics
Robot-as-a-Service

Don't buy a vehicle - call the crew

We arrive with our own system and operators, survey the site and hand over a report. One-off, or on a subscription with regular monitoring.

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Why regularly

Inspections are driven by regulation, not by budget

Inspection intervals are set by documents, not by the owner's preference. Hydraulic structures - every 5 years, and since September 2025 this is mandatory for facilities over 25 years old. Underwater gas pipeline crossings under navigable waters - at least every 3 years. Underwater parts of bridge piers - at least every 10 years. Vessels arriving from foreign ports are inspected on call.

Divers are scarce

Qualified divers are in short supply, and an underwater hull inspection can cost hundreds of thousands of roubles or more. In ice conditions diver inspection is sometimes technically impossible - there the vehicle is the only option.

The vehicle does not replace the diver

To be clear: for a formal report on port structures the rules require divers from accredited organisations. The vehicle takes the volume off the diver: pre-survey and area mapping, documentation and less time underwater - and therefore lower cost.

Two directions

Service means both fieldwork and equipment

We don't only build vehicles. Our own crew goes out to sites and runs surveys with our own systems - and we also service the equipment of those who bought a PROMETEY.

Turnkey fieldwork

Survey by our crew

We arrive with our own system and operators, survey the underwater structure and hand over a finished defect report. No need to buy a vehicle, train people or keep equipment - our crew does it all.

Equipment support

Servicing your vehicles

Bought a PROMETEY - we service it in Russia: warranty, spare parts, repairs, software updates and operator training. The vehicle is supported where it was built, with no reliance on imports.

Model 1

One-off survey

Scheduled every five years, unscheduled after a storm, flood or vessel impact, defect assessment before repairs. We arrive, survey and hand over the report.

What's included

Travel, survey, data processing, a report with findings mapped to the structure.

Timeline

Survey from one day, report within a working week after the visit.

Deliverables

Photo and video, a list of defects, a 3D model of the structure if needed.

When to choose it

One structure, rare surveys, a one-off reason.

Model 2

Monitoring subscription

Regular scheduled visits: you see the structure's condition over time, and the survey budget is known in advance instead of jumping from case to case.

Schedule

Visits on an agreed plan. Fish-protection devices twice a year.

Comparability

The same survey points every time: you see how a defect develops between surveys.

Budget

A fixed annual price, with no unplanned service procurement.

When to choose it

Several structures, or surveys required regularly by regulation.

How we work

Field trips and surveys

How it works
01

Request

You describe the site and the task

02

Scoping

We send a quote and a work programme

03

On-site

Five-minute deployment, work on site

04

Report

Processing and handover of materials

Straight talk

If you survey one site once every five years, there's no point buying a vehicle - and we'll say so. If surveys are regular, we'll work out the volume at which buying the system pays off.