Solar & energy

Wind turbine blade robots

Robots and drones that inspect, clean and repair wind-turbine blades, replacing rope-access work at height.

11 robots · 9 makers · 8 on sale · 0 with a published price

11 robots

Crawler Gen 3 by Aerones
Aerones

Crawler Gen 3

Robotic crawler that drives inside wind-turbine blades with 3D LiDAR and 360-degree cameras for internal…

Aerones
Aerones

Robotic blade cleaning / repair tools

Rope-deployed robotic systems for blade and tower cleaning, leading-edge erosion repair, ice-phobic coating and…

Clobotics
Clobotics

Clobotics Crawler

6 kg tethered crawler with dual HDR cameras that drives inside wind-turbine blades for internal inspection.

Clobotics
Clobotics

IBIS drone inspection

Autonomous drone system for external wind-blade visual inspection.

LEBO ROBOTICS Inc.
LEBO ROBOTICS Inc.

Blade Maintenance Robot

Robot that attaches to and traverses wind-turbine blades to grind, clean and coat the surface during repairs…

Perceptual Robotics
Perceptual Robotics

Eve compact autonomous drone system

Autonomous drone that inspects wind-turbine blades on demand, with AI damage detection.

Sulzer Schmid
Sulzer Schmid

3DX AutoPilot Pro

Autonomous drone payload/flight system that captures images of wind-turbine rotor blades for inspection.

Voliro
Voliro

Voliro T

Tilt-rotor aerial robot that presses sensors against structures for contact non-destructive testing of wind…

BladeBUG Ltd
BladeBUG Ltd

BladeBUG

Six-legged walking robot that climbs on wind-turbine blades and performs ultrasonic non-destructive testing for…

Pilot
BladeRobots A/S
BladeRobots A/S

BladeRobots leading-edge robot

Wireless automated robot that performs wind-blade leading-edge maintenance up to four times faster than manual…

Pilot
Rope Robotics ApS
Rope Robotics ApS

BR-8

Remote-controlled robot that travels a wind-turbine blade on ropes to clean, sand and apply leading-edge…

Discontinued

Buyer’s guide: wind turbine blade robots

How they work

Crawler robots climb the tower or hang from the nacelle and move along the blade with cameras, sanding and coating tools; drones fly around the blade to photograph or measure it.

What to check before buying

  • Inspection only or also repair
  • Turbine sizes and blade types supported
  • Wind limits and time per blade

Where they work

Makers