Automated Monkeyboard

The Automated Monkeyboard (AM), developed by B Robotics W, is the world’s first hands-free, automated pipe racking platform.  It eliminates the need for a derrickman, greatly enhancing safety, while increasing the speed of tripping in/out.

The Automated Monkeyboard’s design includes a patented hydraulic clamp that automatically centers on a tubular to ensure clamping on its center.

The AM can store three Range-2 drill pipes (triple) and operates hands free or can be manipulated in a semi-automatic mode from the driller’s control cabin. 

In semi-automatic mode, the driller turns a switch to initiate each step, from opening clamps on a trolley to grab a tubular, to its release and the withdraw of an arm from the finger and then  repositioning to grab the next tubular.

Racking Board Capacity