Abstract Today, more than 275.000 wind turbines generate over 400 GW electrical power
worldwide. So the demand for maintenance constantly raises. Since September 2014 the …

The maintenance of wind turbines is of growing importance considering the transition to
renewable energy. This paper presents a multi-robot-approach for automated wind turbine …

The evolution of the wind turbine to generate carbon-free renewable energy is rapidly
growing. Thus, performing maintenance and inspection tasks in high altitude environments …

Maintenance of wind turbine farms is a huge task, with associated significant risks and
potential hazard to the safety and well-being of people who are responsible for carrying the …

The emergence of renewable energy offers opportunities for academia and the industry to
conduct scientific research and innovative technological developments on wind turbine …

Purpose–Structural integrity inspection of offshore wind turbine blades poses problems of
gaining access to the blades, danger to human operatives and large costs of removing a …

Purpose This paper aims to provide details of recent research into robots capable of
ascending vertical or near-vertical surfaces and to illustrate how the ability to climb is set to …

Wind Turbines (WT) became essential renewable energy sources as the WT farms
contribution reached megawatts scale. However, wind turbine blades (WTB) are subjected …

The RADBLAD project aims to demonstrate a step change in the accurate and fast in-situ
non-destructive testing of wind turbine blades located off-shore using remote robotic …

Routine inspection and maintenance are crucial for safe and sustainable operation of wind
turbine blades. Compared to repairing with human beings, climbing robots are safer and …