Mission
KITT Engineering employs a large scope of technologies and private R&D to bridge the gap between creative concepts and the final realisation. We concentrate on the main objective of our custom, and pursue “real world” solutions.
R&D
KITT Engineering is conducting “in house” research. Beside the development of MIMIC and Control systems we accept contract research if the yield also benefits our mission. The R&D activities range from literature- and product evaluation to software- and hardware development. Sometimes this means we “downscale” high-end (Broadcast, Aerospace, Industrial, Military) technology so that it can be employed in a more practical ways.
Services
In the past years KITT has contributed to complex multidisciplinary projects. In our mission we state that we want to bridge the gap between the idea and the technology needed to realise the idea. We have learned the languages of artists, broadcasters, designers and facility-managers. Our consultancy service is a powerfull interface to connect the disciplines needed. On site we adapt and tune the delivered technology. Fieldwork is indispensable to anticipate possible problems in the “real world”.
Project Pipesurvey; Take a look inside!
KITT Engineering has developed the In-line Video Inspection pig for Pipesurvey International. Pipesurvey International is an internationally operating service company for the pipeline industry. The In-line Video Inspection Pig is a unique inspection instrument that can be operated like a regular cleaning pig in operational pipelines. It is a completely autonomous system with on-board power supply, illumination and camera system, data storage and board computer. It can be operated without the use of an umbilical and will collect an ultra high resolution optical file of the entire internal pipe wall. Since the In-line Video Inspection pig is operated without the use of an umbilical, basically unlimited lengths of pipeline can be inspected.
Tricycles Performance Art!
Five little red bikes and five screaming little children are the ingredients that André Kodde uses for his artwork ‘Tricycles’. On an outside racing court the artist lets five contesting children from the public scream themselves to victory. An engine that works on a sound sensor is fuelled by the kids’ noise. They yell in a tin can attached to their helmets. Onlookers can win a small sum of money by making a bet on which kid will claim victory. The tricycles are voice-operated,with the electronic engines responding to volume. The harder the kids scream, the faster the tricycles go…. Although Kodde created interactive works before,’Tricycles’ is more dependent on public participation than anything the artist has made in the past.