A robotic device 300 for inspecting wind turbines has a longitudinal body 302 with legs 316 on opposite sides 312,314 of the body, each having articulated limb segments 328,332 and a foot 336. The legs 316 enable the robot 300 to crawl over a surface of a wind turbine blade 350. The device has a chamber for a liquid, such as a gel, to aid inspection and a dispensing pump with nozzle (fig 4) attached to the body for applying the liquid to a wind turbine surface. Sensors (338 fig 2) are provided, including a sensor attached to the body for carrying out the inspection, such as an ultrasound device. The legs 316 allow squatting of the body 302 relative to the feet 336, when the feet are fixed on the crawling surface by suction cups (340 fig 2), to cause the dispensing device (fig 4) to be reversibly brought into contact with the inspection surface and to deposit a volume of the liquid. The device 300 may be battery powered and wirelessly controlled. The invention provides a device and method aimed at more automated and efficient inspection.


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    Titel :

    Robotic inspection device and inspection and recycling method


    Beteiligte:
    CHRIS CIESLAK (Autor:in) / MATTHEW COCKING (Autor:in) / HASAN AMIN (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    26.02.2025


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / B25J Manipulatoren , MANIPULATORS



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