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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...