A multirobot system for autonomous deployment and recovery of a blade crawler for operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbine blades

• Published in: Journal of field robotics Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 73 - 93
• Main Authors: Jiang, Zhengyi, Jovan, Ferdian, Moradi, Peiman, Richardson, Tom, Bernardini, Sara, Watson, Simon, Weightman, Andrew, Hine, Duncan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Feasibility studies; field robotics; Global navigation satellite system; Inspection; Localization; Maintenance; Modules; Multiple robots; multirobot cooperation; Navigation systems; Offshore; Offshore energy sources; Robotics; systems design; Turbine blades; Turbines; UAVs; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Wind farms; Wind power; Wind turbines

Offshore wind farms will play a vital role in the global ambition of net zero energy generation. Future offshore wind farms will be larger and further from the coast, meaning that traditional human‐based operations and maintenance approaches will become infeasible due to safety, cost, and skills sho...