Kawasaki and Vestas spin-off BladeRobots are testing crewless helicopters and robots to automate dangerous wind turbine blade ...

Once the helicopter positions the robot on the designated section of the blade, the robot automatically performs the required ...

Drones and crawling robots outfitted with special scanners could help wind blades stay in service longer, which could lower the cost of wind energy at a time when blades are getting bigger, pricier, ...

Golden, CO, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the ...

Rope Robotics, a producer of robotic blade maintenance technology from Denmark, has recently begun testing its robots on offshore wind turbines in hopes of making them commercially available in 2023.

As renewable energy grows in popularity around the world, efforts to cut costs and increase its appeal in every way possible continue. A bug-inspired six-legged robot may have a part to play in this, ...

Danish company Rope Robotics has demonstrated that its wind turbine blade repairing robot yields a return on investment within six months, repairing turbine blades around four times faster at half the ...

BladeBUG collaborates with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to develop a new robot that can inspect a wind turbine's blades. The six-legged spider-like machine has already made its first ...