Mru Field · Use cases
Where Mru Field runs
Anywhere a computer has to keep working after its parts fail, and a repair visit is slow, costly or impossible.
Mru fits when the equipment has two or more processors, must run unattended for months or longer, and a repair visit is slow, costly or impossible. Ocean settings are our first priority.
Deep-sea observatories
Batteries, a cable, and one service visit a year.
Ocean buoys and moorings
Years at sea between services, on solar power.
Profiling floats and gliders
Deployed once, rarely recovered.
Autonomous underwater vehicles
Out of contact, with no way to swap a board.
Offshore wind
Every repair needs a vessel and a weather window.
Remote energy and grid equipment
Replacement parts take years. Sites are far from crews.
Nuclear facility monitoring
Access limited by dose. Parts age under radiation.
Nuclear-waste repositories
Monitoring for decades, then far longer.
Remote telecom sites
Sites placed for coverage, not for access.
Satellite-linked remote devices
Small power budgets, links measured in bytes.
Pipelines
Hundreds of kilometres of remote stations.
Rail trackside equipment
Far from depots, serviced in short windows.
