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About Us
Empowering Humans with Robots
Hydroblasting robot company
RobotPlusPlus is a premier hydroblasting robot company, delivering advanced, automated solutions for superior industrial cleaning and unmatched operational safety
Sep 29,2025
The industrial sectors of shipbuilding, oil and gas, and infrastructure maintenance have long been defined by demanding, high-risk cleaning and surface preparation tasks. Traditionally, these duties fell to human operators wielding high-pressure water jets—a process effective in results but perilous in execution. The advent of the hydroblasting robot has fundamentally transformed this landscape, introducing a new era of safety, efficiency, and precision. This sophisticated machine, often remotely operated, represents a paradigm shift in how industry approaches the critical process of hydroblasting. The advantages of deploying a hydroblasting robot are profound and multi-faceted, impacting not only the immediate work environment but also the broader economic and operational metrics of industrial projects.
The most significant and immediate advantage of utilizing a hydroblasting robot is the dramatic enhancement of personnel safety. Traditional hydroblasting exposes operators to a host of severe hazards, including the inherent danger of the high-pressure water jet itself, which can cause lethal injection injuries. Furthermore, workers are exposed to toxic contaminants, falling debris in confined spaces like ship hulls or storage tanks, and the risks of slips and falls in wet, unstable environments. A hydroblasting robot removes the human operator from this direct line of danger. By being teleoperated from a safe, controlled location, the robot absorbs all these risks, performing the task while the human crew manages the operation at a safe distance. This fundamental reassignment of risk is the cornerstone of the hydroblasting robot value proposition, leading to a drastic reduction in workplace accidents and long-term occupational illnesses.
Beyond safety, the hydroblasting robot delivers unparalleled gains in operational efficiency and consistency. Human operators, no matter how skilled, are subject to fatigue, necessitating breaks and leading to variable performance over a long shift. In contrast, a hydroblasting robot can operate continuously for extended periods, maintaining a consistent and predefined standard of cleaning. Its movement is programmed or meticulously controlled to ensure uniform surface coverage, eliminating the human error of missed spots or inconsistently treated areas. This robotic consistency translates directly into faster project completion times and a higher quality of surface preparation, which is critical for subsequent processes like coating and painting. The ability of a single hydroblasting robot to outperform multiple human crews over a sustained period offers a compelling economic argument, reducing labor costs and shortening project timelines significantly.
The integration of a hydroblasting robot into industrial workflows also brings a substantial advantage in terms of environmental compliance and waste management. Modern hydroblasting, especially in industries dealing with hazardous materials, generates contaminated runoff water that must be contained and treated. A hydroblasting robot can be seamlessly integrated with advanced containment and water recycling systems. Its controlled and precise operation minimizes water usage and reduces the spread of contaminants compared to manual methods. Furthermore, by thoroughly removing coatings, rust, and marine growth, it ensures that new protective coatings adhere better and last longer, indirectly reducing the environmental footprint of a vessel or structure by extending maintenance cycles and minimizing the release of pollutants into the environment.
Another critical advantage lies in the area of data collection and process verification. The latest generation of hydroblasting robot is often equipped with sensors, cameras, and data-logging capabilities. This transforms the cleaning process from a subjective visual inspection to an objective, data-driven operation. The robot can document surface conditions before, during, and after the job, providing verifiable proof that the required standards—such as a specific surface cleanliness grade—have been met. This data is invaluable for quality assurance, client reporting, and for creating a historical record for the asset. It removes ambiguity and ensures contractual obligations are fulfilled to a precise, measurable standard.
Finally, the deployment of a hydroblasting robot addresses the growing challenge of skilled labor shortages in heavy industries. As experienced workers retire, finding new personnel willing to undertake such hazardous and physically demanding work becomes increasingly difficult. The hydroblasting robot does not replace these skilled workers but rather upskills them. It shifts the workforce from performing the manual, dangerous task to operating, maintaining, and managing advanced robotic systems. This makes careers in industrial maintenance more attractive to a new, technologically savvy generation, future-proofing the industry's capabilities.
This product is the latest hydroblasting robot developed by RobotPlusPlus. Featuring the innovative four-wheel flexbile magnetic platform design, the robot offers strong curvature adaptability, excellent obstacle crossing performance, stable attachment ability, advanced intelligence and wide range of applications. It is capable of covering over 98% of the ship hull surface preparation. Furthermore, it can be connected to a recovery pump to achieve highly efficient waste recovery, making it an all-around robotic solution.
Product Features
1. Strong curvature adaptability: minimum circumferential operation radius can reach 0.5 m, and cover more than 98% of the ship hull. Complicated curved surfaces including bulbous bow, bilge keel and reversed stern can all be coverd.
2. Excellent obstacle crossing performance: the robot can pass over convave and convex area, waterlines and weld seams on the ship hull, with a maximum obstacle-crossing height over 25mm.
3. Stable attachment ability: Innovative four-wheel flexible magnetic platform design allows the wheel sets to have more degrees of freedom to better adhere to the curved surface, preventing the risk of falling.
4. High level of intelligence: offers three operation modes: manual, one-key lane changing and auto-navigation. Significantly reduce labour intensity with the highly automated system.
5. Wide range of application: other than ship repairs, the robot can be used for storage tanks, spherical tanks, bridges and other industries.
Technical Parameter
| Hydroblasting Robot HighMate V40 Ultra | |||
| Production Rate | 35-55 m2/h | Dimensions | 942x547x400 mm |
| Weight | 89 kg | Working Width | 240/310 mm |
| Maximum Pressure | 3000 bar | Protection Level | IP65 |
| Maximum Flow Rate | 52 L/min | Minimum Curvature | 0.5 m (to be customized) |
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