Our robot has completed its first remote lightning protection test on an offshore turbine. Controlled from the safety of the nacelle, BladeBUG was able to perform a series of checks and tasks beyond the visual line of sight.
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London, UK, Robotics startup company BladeBUG has announced the appointment of Peter Childs as Chairperson to help steer the organisation and meet its ambitious goals for the rollout of repair and maintenance robots in the offshore wind sector.
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The UK has achieved the world’s first blade walk by a robot on an offshore wind turbine, thanks to BladeBUG and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. Over two days in mid-October, the six-legged inspect-and-repair robot repeatedly scaled blades at ORE Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration turbine off the coast of Fife.
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