UK’s Eleven-I and Innvotek have carried out the work through GE Renewable Energy and ORE Catapult’s Stay Ashore research and development program, and the Robotics Challenge sub project delivered through the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub’s Innovation Exchange OWiX in partnership with KTN. Innvotek, a Cambridge-based innovation consultancy, has been able to further develop a robotic crawler, which uses magnetic technology to attach itself to a turbine generator and autonomously detect the presence of certain features in order to carry out vital maintenance work.Derbyshire-based Eleven-I have used the project to develop their structural health monitoring system, which uses cutting edge software and data analysis to monitor blade health throughout its lifetime.Both companies were able to make extensive use of the technical support and testing capabilities offered by working directly with ORE Catapult and GE Renewable Energy, and this led to valuable learnings for both, which they can now add into the future deployment of their technology.
UK’s Eleven-I and Innvotek have carried out the work through GE Renewable Energy and ORE Catapult’s Stay Ashore research and development program, and the Robotics Challenge sub project delivered through the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub’s Innovation Exchange OWiX in partnership with KTN. Innvotek, a Cambridge-based innovation consultancy, has been able to further develop a robotic crawler, which uses magnetic technology to attach itself to a turbine generator and autonomously detect the presence of certain features in order to carry out vital maintenance work.Derbyshire-based Eleven-I have used the project to develop their structural health monitoring system, which uses cutting edge software and data analysis to monitor blade health throughout its lifetime.Both companies were able to make extensive use of the technical support and testing capabilities offered by working directly with ORE Catapult and GE Renewable Energy, and this led to valuable learnings for both, which they can now add into the future deployment of their technology.
