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Firefly Inspect drone outfitted with infrared vision and AI to transform wind turbine, aircraft inspection compositesworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from compositesworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two Cambridge-based companies, Innvotek and Mapair, have successfully trialled a drone system that uses infrared technologies and artificial intelligence to inspect composite structures, including wind turbines and aircraft wings, for defects. Firefly Inspect can hover above wind turbine blades and aircraft using a 1,000W heat lamp to test for defects…
Drone technology combined with active thermography could offer faster, cheaper and more in-depth inspection of wind turbine blades and aeroplane wings.