Case Study: E.ON streamlines substation inspections with Korial by Energy Robotics

E.ON saves 35,000 hours with Energy Robotics

The customer, E.ON, is a major energy grid operator whose subsidiaries faced a significant challenge in inspecting their extensive network of substations. These safety-critical, inspection-intensive environments required regular manual checks, which were becoming increasingly difficult to staff and were consuming valuable engineer drive time. E.ON's subsidiaries initially piloted individual robotic solutions from different OEMs, leading to a fragmented fleet that was hard to manage. Energy Robotics was selected to provide a unified solution.

Energy Robotics implemented its Korial platform, a shared robot platform purpose-built for industrial inspection. The solution enabled E.ON's subsidiaries to deploy autonomous mobile robots that navigate substations, read gauges and indicators, and log data. This eliminated the need for technicians to drive to sites for routine checks. The results were substantial, with the Korial platform having logged over 1 million autonomous inspections and saved more than 35,000 hours of manual inspection time, achieving an operational cost reduction of approximately 40%.

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