Title: A detailed review of recent advancements in autonomous robots for marine energy pipeline inspection

Authors: Md Alauddin Himel

Addresses: School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

Abstract: Strategic energy pipelines must supply global energy demand. Poor circumstances might leak, damage, or collision marine cables. Renewables, gas, and oil are dangerous. Diver, ROV, and hand monitor pipeline inspections are costly, inefficient, and error-prone. Recently developed self-driving robots assess and repair undersea pipelines. This novel concept boosts safety, output, and cost. This study evaluates modern maritime energy pipeline inspection self-driving robots. This research extends beyond robotics, encompassing sonar, ultrasound, optical imaging, and AI integration. The focus is on autonomous robots for rapid pipeline damage detection and autonomous underwater robots for addressing unstructured challenges. Powerful AI and machine learning algorithms allow these robots to react to strong currents in real-time. Robots can foresee substantial wear. The study shows hybrid robotic systems and multi-word swarm technologies can constantly and massively examine pipelines and networks. These devices give time, motion, and cooperation data for faster, more precise travel. Human-free remote robot inspections are researched.

Keywords: autonomous robot; marine pipeline inspection; artificial intelligence; sensor technology; hybrid robotic systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOSM.2025.150799

International Journal of Ocean Systems Management, 2025 Vol.2 No.2, pp.107 - 126

Received: 21 Jan 2025
Accepted: 13 Feb 2025
Published online: 23 Dec 2025 *

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