Purpose-built for visually inspecting the inside of wind turbine blades Clobotics Wind Services announces availability of its Clobotics Crawler™ (code named KIWI) robot – a device purpose-built for safely, rapidly and cost-effectively documenting the internal condition of wind turbine blades. The device features two high resolution, high dynamic range (HDR) cameras, LED lighting, and a […]

New release improves speed, cost and quality of external visual blade inspections Clobotics Wind Services is now shipping the latest version of its autonomous drone-based inspection system. The 4.8 release of Clobotics IBIS™ leverages the newly released Sony ILX-LR1 commercial camera, along with numerous mechanical and software improvements to deliver a state-of-the-art combination of speed, […]

It’s time, once again, for our End of Year Report – aggregate global statistics drawn from our Clobotics IRIS portal system for organizing, analyzing and presenting blade inspection and repair information. This year, we look back on nearly 40,000 wind turbines worth of inspections conducted in 2023 across every region of the globe. This brings […]

Brazil is one of the five largest wind markets in the world and growing fast. In the last decade, Brazil has gone from 2.5 GW of installed wind power capacity in 2012 to 22 GW in 2022. Since 2017, ArthWind has helped wind site managers use inspection data to drive their maintenance decision making. As […]

We recently completed our look back on a very successful 2022 inspection season around the world. Across our global regions, we inspected over 32,000 wind turbines bringing the cumulative total to over 75,000 wind turbines inspected worldwide by our technology! We did some analysis of these inspections and thought we’d share a few top-line observations […]

From the minute they appeared, camera drones joined the arsenal of tools which enterprising site operators use to figure out what’s going on with their wind turbine blades. And for good reason. Buying an off-the-shelf camera drone has become less expensive over time, becoming an expense more easily afforded within existing budgets. A “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) […]

1st November 2018: In the wind energy sector, the usual way to inspect wind turbines is to send a five-person team up each tower. The technicians use ropes and harnesses to make their way up and down the blades, which could be from 40 to 80 meters long. They visually inspect each one while dangling […]

This article was first published on the 8th June 2021 As the wind industry matures and the market for external blade inspections continues to expand, automating this essential task is crucial to cost effectively gaining the insight needed to guide maintenance activities and optimize energy production. At Clobotics, we believe that only by investing in […]

This article was first published on the 30th November 2020 All of us who love wind power know that the key to continued adoption is the relentless pursuit of lower costs on two major fronts: initial capital cost and ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. At Clobotics, our mission is to digitalize, analyze, automate and […]

This article was first published on the 9th February 2021 Today practically all utility scale wind turbines are equipped with SCADA control systems. This has, in turn, paved the way for the advent of Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS), which have seen rapid adoption in recent years. All of this means that data is being generated […]

Purpose-built for visually inspecting the inside of wind turbine blades Clobotics Wind Services announces availability of its Clobotics Crawler™ (code named KIWI) robot – a device purpose-built for safely, rapidly and cost-effectively documenting the internal condition of wind turbine blades. The device features two high resolution, high dynamic range (HDR) cameras, LED lighting, and a […]

New release improves speed, cost and quality of external visual blade inspections Clobotics Wind Services is now shipping the latest version of its autonomous drone-based inspection system. The 4.8 release of Clobotics IBIS™ leverages the newly released Sony ILX-LR1 commercial camera, along with numerous mechanical and software improvements to deliver a state-of-the-art combination of speed, […]

It’s time, once again, for our End of Year Report – aggregate global statistics drawn from our Clobotics IRIS portal system for organizing, analyzing and presenting blade inspection and repair information. This year, we look back on nearly 40,000 wind turbines worth of inspections conducted in 2023 across every region of the globe. This brings […]

Brazil is one of the five largest wind markets in the world and growing fast. In the last decade, Brazil has gone from 2.5 GW of installed wind power capacity in 2012 to 22 GW in 2022. Since 2017, ArthWind has helped wind site managers use inspection data to drive their maintenance decision making. As […]

We recently completed our look back on a very successful 2022 inspection season around the world. Across our global regions, we inspected over 32,000 wind turbines bringing the cumulative total to over 75,000 wind turbines inspected worldwide by our technology! We did some analysis of these inspections and thought we’d share a few top-line observations […]

From the minute they appeared, camera drones joined the arsenal of tools which enterprising site operators use to figure out what’s going on with their wind turbine blades. And for good reason. Buying an off-the-shelf camera drone has become less expensive over time, becoming an expense more easily afforded within existing budgets. A “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) […]

1st November 2018: In the wind energy sector, the usual way to inspect wind turbines is to send a five-person team up each tower. The technicians use ropes and harnesses to make their way up and down the blades, which could be from 40 to 80 meters long. They visually inspect each one while dangling […]

This article was first published on the 8th June 2021 As the wind industry matures and the market for external blade inspections continues to expand, automating this essential task is crucial to cost effectively gaining the insight needed to guide maintenance activities and optimize energy production. At Clobotics, we believe that only by investing in […]

This article was first published on the 30th November 2020 All of us who love wind power know that the key to continued adoption is the relentless pursuit of lower costs on two major fronts: initial capital cost and ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. At Clobotics, our mission is to digitalize, analyze, automate and […]

This article was first published on the 9th February 2021 Today practically all utility scale wind turbines are equipped with SCADA control systems. This has, in turn, paved the way for the advent of Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS), which have seen rapid adoption in recent years. All of this means that data is being generated […]

Purpose-built for visually inspecting the inside of wind turbine blades Clobotics Wind Services announces availability of its Clobotics Crawler™ (code named KIWI) robot – a device purpose-built for safely, rapidly and cost-effectively documenting the internal condition of wind turbine blades. The device features two high resolution, high dynamic range (HDR) cameras, LED lighting, and a […]

New release improves speed, cost and quality of external visual blade inspections Clobotics Wind Services is now shipping the latest version of its autonomous drone-based inspection system. The 4.8 release of Clobotics IBIS™ leverages the newly released Sony ILX-LR1 commercial camera, along with numerous mechanical and software improvements to deliver a state-of-the-art combination of speed, […]

It’s time, once again, for our End of Year Report – aggregate global statistics drawn from our Clobotics IRIS portal system for organizing, analyzing and presenting blade inspection and repair information. This year, we look back on nearly 40,000 wind turbines worth of inspections conducted in 2023 across every region of the globe. This brings […]

Brazil is one of the five largest wind markets in the world and growing fast. In the last decade, Brazil has gone from 2.5 GW of installed wind power capacity in 2012 to 22 GW in 2022. Since 2017, ArthWind has helped wind site managers use inspection data to drive their maintenance decision making. As […]

We recently completed our look back on a very successful 2022 inspection season around the world. Across our global regions, we inspected over 32,000 wind turbines bringing the cumulative total to over 75,000 wind turbines inspected worldwide by our technology! We did some analysis of these inspections and thought we’d share a few top-line observations […]

From the minute they appeared, camera drones joined the arsenal of tools which enterprising site operators use to figure out what’s going on with their wind turbine blades. And for good reason. Buying an off-the-shelf camera drone has become less expensive over time, becoming an expense more easily afforded within existing budgets. A “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) […]

1st November 2018: In the wind energy sector, the usual way to inspect wind turbines is to send a five-person team up each tower. The technicians use ropes and harnesses to make their way up and down the blades, which could be from 40 to 80 meters long. They visually inspect each one while dangling […]

This article was first published on the 8th June 2021 As the wind industry matures and the market for external blade inspections continues to expand, automating this essential task is crucial to cost effectively gaining the insight needed to guide maintenance activities and optimize energy production. At Clobotics, we believe that only by investing in […]

This article was first published on the 30th November 2020 All of us who love wind power know that the key to continued adoption is the relentless pursuit of lower costs on two major fronts: initial capital cost and ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. At Clobotics, our mission is to digitalize, analyze, automate and […]

This article was first published on the 9th February 2021 Today practically all utility scale wind turbines are equipped with SCADA control systems. This has, in turn, paved the way for the advent of Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS), which have seen rapid adoption in recent years. All of this means that data is being generated […]

Purpose-built for visually inspecting the inside of wind turbine blades Clobotics Wind Services announces availability of its Clobotics Crawler™ (code named KIWI) robot – a device purpose-built for safely, rapidly and cost-effectively documenting the internal condition of wind turbine blades. The device features two high resolution, high dynamic range (HDR) cameras, LED lighting, and a […]

New release improves speed, cost and quality of external visual blade inspections Clobotics Wind Services is now shipping the latest version of its autonomous drone-based inspection system. The 4.8 release of Clobotics IBIS™ leverages the newly released Sony ILX-LR1 commercial camera, along with numerous mechanical and software improvements to deliver a state-of-the-art combination of speed, […]

It’s time, once again, for our End of Year Report – aggregate global statistics drawn from our Clobotics IRIS portal system for organizing, analyzing and presenting blade inspection and repair information. This year, we look back on nearly 40,000 wind turbines worth of inspections conducted in 2023 across every region of the globe. This brings […]

Brazil is one of the five largest wind markets in the world and growing fast. In the last decade, Brazil has gone from 2.5 GW of installed wind power capacity in 2012 to 22 GW in 2022. Since 2017, ArthWind has helped wind site managers use inspection data to drive their maintenance decision making. As […]

We recently completed our look back on a very successful 2022 inspection season around the world. Across our global regions, we inspected over 32,000 wind turbines bringing the cumulative total to over 75,000 wind turbines inspected worldwide by our technology! We did some analysis of these inspections and thought we’d share a few top-line observations […]

From the minute they appeared, camera drones joined the arsenal of tools which enterprising site operators use to figure out what’s going on with their wind turbine blades. And for good reason. Buying an off-the-shelf camera drone has become less expensive over time, becoming an expense more easily afforded within existing budgets. A “Do-It-Yourself” (DIY) […]

1st November 2018: In the wind energy sector, the usual way to inspect wind turbines is to send a five-person team up each tower. The technicians use ropes and harnesses to make their way up and down the blades, which could be from 40 to 80 meters long. They visually inspect each one while dangling […]

This article was first published on the 8th June 2021 As the wind industry matures and the market for external blade inspections continues to expand, automating this essential task is crucial to cost effectively gaining the insight needed to guide maintenance activities and optimize energy production. At Clobotics, we believe that only by investing in […]

This article was first published on the 30th November 2020 All of us who love wind power know that the key to continued adoption is the relentless pursuit of lower costs on two major fronts: initial capital cost and ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. At Clobotics, our mission is to digitalize, analyze, automate and […]

This article was first published on the 9th February 2021 Today practically all utility scale wind turbines are equipped with SCADA control systems. This has, in turn, paved the way for the advent of Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS), which have seen rapid adoption in recent years. All of this means that data is being generated […]