The Next Big Thing: Drone Technology in Offshore Turbine Inspections

Siemens is collaborating with US-based company SkySpecs to deploy automated drone technology for onshore and offshore wind turbine inspections. The goal of the collaboration is to develop a push-button inspection system that is faster, repeatable and more efficient than existing methods.

Siemens is involving its Wind Power business and its next47 venture unit, which was established in October 2016, to accelerate the development of new technologies. SkySpecs was founded in 2012 and is the first company to successfully demonstrate fully autonomous wind turbine inspections. Smaller and more powerful computing platforms and sensors, better battery technology, and vastly improved algorithms for managing flight and... ... More: Official Press Release SkySpecs