A young Egyptian scientist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland invented the first multi-sensor robot, and it has been designed to be a low-cost and highly-capable manufacturing in large numbers to monitor offshore oil platforms.
And dr. Mohamed El-Sayed Ali on this technical invention PhD in robotics from the University of Edinburgh under the direction of Professor Dr. Adam Stokes, and is considered the youngest scholar in the history of the university as he is (24 years old).
The invention has aroused the interest of many Gulf and British oil companies that want to use a robot to monitor their offshore platforms, and it is currently working to establish a company to provide this technology with Dr. Adam Stokes and the Imperial College of London.
Mr. completed the Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Sharjah and the Master’s degree in Electronics and Biosensors from the University of Edinburgh.
The young Arab scientist said that he invented the first multi-sensor robot, and it was designed to be a low-cost and highly-capable manufacturing in large numbers to monitor offshore oil platforms. He stressed that the reason he reached this invention is to reduce the risks for workers in the marine fields by saying, "The platforms pose a danger to the lives of employees and have a high operating cost; therefore robotic systems provide many benefits, including reducing the risk to the lives of employees."
"The developed robot provides a more cost-effective and safer way to inspect and maintain offshore oil platforms, which helps protect employees from environments that are dangerous to their lives," he added.
The young Egyptian scientist confirms that the robot can sense its surroundings, monitor the state of platforms, stick to surfaces made of different materials, and climb surfaces with different angles. It can be used to monitor offshore oil platforms in real time and to monitor various machines, equipment and structures on the platform.
He added, "The robot can warn employees remotely when needed to take the necessary measures, and in this way the risks to which they are exposed are reduced by keeping them away from the offshore platform."
The robot participated in many field experiments and various research projects, and the robot was used as part of the underwater sensor network to monitor environmental environmental conditions and to monitor environmental water quality and levels of pollution resulting from offshore oil platforms in the surrounding marine environment.
And he got a research project Mohamed El Sayed is interested in many companies that want to use a robot to monitor their offshore platforms, and he is currently working on establishing a company to provide this technology with his supervisor, Dr. Adam Stokes and his partners at Imperial College London.
And works dr. Mohamed El Sayed is currently at the University of Edinburgh for the £ 6m “Connect-R” project and joint venture between industrial companies (Barnon, RACE, Ross Robotics, Tharsus, Jigsaw Structures) and academic institutions University of Edinburgh and Royal Holloway University in London to invent robotic systems for nuclear environments like Fukushima Daiichi, Chernobyl, Sellaved and others.
The Master designs a self-constructing robotic platform that can give other robots access to nuclear environments. The robot acts as a scaffolding system as it provides a structure in unprepared environments and allows other robotic systems to easily access work areas in these dangerous environments for important operations.
Currently, Dr. Al-Sayed is also a lecturer and is studying Biomedical Engineering courses for Masters students at the University of Edinburgh. When he was twenty-two years old he was previously appointed as a consultant for a robotics project at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi.