Revolutionising Vessel Inspections with Snowcat & Argus
Are you ready to transform your vessel inspection strategy? With Nexxis’ Snowcat and Argus, you can now capture HD visuals, high-accuracy 3D maps, and digital twin models – all in a single deployment.
The Challenge: Traditional Vessel Inspections are Costly and Risky
Inspecting tanks, vessels, or large industrial assets has typically required confined space entry, scaffolding, rope access, and extended shutdowns – often with repeat inspections to verify initial findings. It’s time-intensive, risky, and inefficient.
That’s why more service providers are moving to robotic platforms like Snowcat paired with Argus 3D SLAM – delivering safer access, deeper data, and lower total inspection costs.
How Does the Snowcat + Argus Work?
The Snowcat robotic crawler uses a powerful magnetic track system to navigate curved, vertical, and overhead surfaces of tanks and vessels. Its integrated HD camera system captures detailed close-range visual data.
Simultaneously, the Argus SLAM payload (powered by cutting-edge 3D LiDAR and IMU technologies) maps the internal structure of the asset, generating a high-fidelity point cloud and digital twin.
Data is transmitted live via a Kevlar-reinforced fibre tether, giving operators real-time visibility and enabling remote operation – without the need for internal access or shutdown crew exposure.
What You Get from a Single Deployment
- HD visual data on corrosion, welds, cracks, coatings and surface defects
- 3D SLAM-based digital twin with centimetre-level accuracy
- Geo-tagged inspection points linked directly to asset geometry
- Traceable, repeatable inspection paths – ideal for change tracking
- Complete asset coverage – no missed areas or guesswork
Every mission is precisely repeatable, enabling condition monitoring across time and improving decision-making.
Why It Matters: From Inspections to Intelligence
Snowcat and Argus aren’t just about data collection – they’re enabling predictive maintenance.
Can you say with confidence what your vessel looked like 6 months ago? Are you spotting defects before they become shutdown events?
By capturing a full 3D record and spatially tagged visuals every time, Nexxis empowers you to:
- Track deterioration across multiple shutdowns
- Detect changes in corrosion, coating failure, or structural deformation
- Plan maintenance based on trends – not assumptions
- Reduce unplanned outages, rework, and safety exposure
- Extend asset life while optimising inspection spend
Smarter. Safer. More Scalable.
With robotic mobility, HD remote visual inspection, and real-time 3D mapping all in one platform, Snowcat + Argus delivers a smarter, safer, and more scalable way to inspect tanks, vessels, and complex confined spaces.
Whether you’re maintaining critical infrastructure or driving digital transformation through asset intelligence – this is the future of inspection.
Want to learn more?
Contact us to find out more about the Snowcat + Argus or any of our robotic systems, or request a quote online.