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Project GRAID completes its final major milestone!

Inspection at Bacton carried out

Carbon foot printing study

Compare GRAID to other methods

Looking towards a 2nd live trial

Lets do it again!

Enhanced NDT work

Learning more about our sensors

Cleaning GRAID

A very important step in the survey process

We did it!

First ‘live’ trial of GRAID was completed

Our final dry run ahead of ‘live’ trial

Bringing everything together

Project GRAID control cabin is completed

In time to be used for the first trial

GRAID completes its endurance test

Huge achievement for the team

Project GRAID will be at this year’s Utility Week Live conference

See you there!

The GRAID team visit our second live trial site in Bacton

Great opportunity to meet the team there

One of GRAID’s key milestones passed

Significant moment in the project

Multiple nominations at this year’s IGEM Gas Industry Awards

Good luck to the team

Detailed scanning with the EMAT sensors get started

The results look good

GRAID, where will it inspect?

And what will we do with the data?

Project GRAID and computational fluid dynamics!

Thinking about how the robot affects flow

‘Beast from the East’ hits but Offline testing continues!

Not quite March weather.

Project GRAID first live site receives sanction

National Grid invests in the permanent connection site

Formal Process Safety Assessment (FPSA) carried out on the first GRAID connection

Always thinking safely

It is getting a little draughty in here!

The fans are switched on

Offline testing moves into a pressure and flow phase

It’s time to turn on the fans!

Project GRAID at LCNI 2017

Another great LCNI conference

Full robotic platform passes 100 bar(g) nitrogen test

A significant achievement for the team

Precision 2000 complete the chassis builds

And both pass their 100 bar(g) hydrostatic pressure tests!

Project GRAID supports the Gas Networks Innovation strategy

Feedback wanted

Happy Birthday to Project GRAID

The 24th November 2014 the project was awarded

Online trial locations are vital for Project GRAID

The project has now officially entered the live trials stage

Project GRAID and the Pipeline Maintenance Centre – a perfect match

PMC will be vital to the success of GRAID

Project GRAID will be at this year’s LCNI Conference

Come and visit our National Grid Gas Transmission stand

Precision 2000 get started on building our chassis

The highly qualified team get manufacturing.

Umbilical system joins the 100barg club

This marks a significant milestone for our partners Synthotech

Project GRAID presented at a European Conference

The 5th Pipeline Maintenance & Integrity Management (PMIM)

On your marks, Get set, Go!

GRAID goes for the 100 metre record

The GRAID robot gets pulled back!

Pullback tests are a very important milestone to pass.

Project GRAID makes the papers!

National coverage in The Times

Project GRAID Questionnaire results

Thanks for your help!

The challenge GRAID has

Why are we doing this?

It’s now the multi award winning, Project GRAID!

GRAID brings home the bacon

Launch Vessel and Test Rig pressure testing and training

Both get put through their paces

Project GRAID wins at the IGEM Gas Industry Awards

We Won!

Project GRAID starts exploring its new ‘playground’!

And has a great time travelling around its new surroundings!

Vessel Pressure Testing

Over a number of weeks various pressure tests will be performed.

Network Magazine

Asset management: moving from reactive to proactive

Launch & Receive Vessel

The Project GRAID launch vessel is now complete and on site

GRAID Research

Please take a moment to help us with our research and give your opinion.

Design Evolution

The latest GRAID robot design

Making the GRAID

In The Pipeline June 2016

Raising the bar for robotics

A new generation of robot set to revolutionise asset management

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Turning a pipe dream into tomorrow's reality

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