Project Underway to Develop Robot Team for Wind Farm Inspections

A new £4 million ($5 million) project is set to develop the world’s first fully autonomous robotic inspection and repair solution for offshore wind farms. The robots are expected to save the average wind farm approximately £26 million ($33 million) over the course of its lifetime.

The two-year Innovate UK-funded MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) project brings in expertise from the fields of robotics, non-destructive testing, artificial intelligence, space mission planning, marine and aerial engineering and nanobiotechnology. It aims to prove that offshore wind operations and maintenance missions can be conducted by autonomous vessels, aerial vehicles and crawling robots.

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