Wed, 15 December, 2021
Field trials of the SheaRIOS wind turbine blade (WTB) inspection system commenced in November 2021 at The Centre For Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) Demonstration Wind Farm in Keratea-Attica, Greece.
The subsystems developed by the various European partners were successfully integrated and tested on-site.
System deployment trials culminated with the climbing robot successfully scaling the wind turbine tower and projecting the crawling robot alongside the WTB.
Further on-site trials, which will involve the deployment of the robotic crawler on the WTB surface, are scheduled for January 2022.
If you would like further information regarding the ShearRIOS project, please visit the project website.
Figure 1. SheaRIOS robotic climber deployed at the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES)