Offshore repair and maintenance robot BladeBUG has successfully performed a remotely controlled lightning protection test on an offshore wind turbine. BladeBUG at Levenmouth During a three-day trial ...

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, ...

BladeBUG has unveiled its new-look concept robot, which for the first time has been coated in a waterproof outer shell. The latest BladeBUG robot, created for inspection and maintenance of wind ...

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 ...

Robotics across the wind industry is key to scale-up, transforming operations and maintenance and maximising asset life. A decade in development, BladeBUG, the six-legged, insect-like robot fitted ...

BladeBUG during trials at the 7 MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine. Photos from ORE Catapult. Thales moving blade camera, during testing. Images from ORE Catapult. Whether we realize it or not, ...

A robot insect’s first walk along a turbine blade was hailed as “offshore wind’s moon walk” that has the potential to slash costs of power from wind at sea. The BladeBUG blade-inspection and repair ...

Robots aren’t going to take over the world, but they can definitely make life a lot easier for humans. And that was the aim of BladeBUG, a UK startup that has developed insect-like robots to inspect, ...

As wind farms proliferate in more remote onshore and offshore locations, a U.K. startup is deploying self-piloting drones to survey turbine blades and transmit data to produce detailed images of ...