Comments on: RIWEA: The Rope-Climbing Wind Turbine Inspection Robot http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/21/riwea-the-rope-climbing-wind-turbine-inspection-robot/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Seth http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/21/riwea-the-rope-climbing-wind-turbine-inspection-robot/#comment-5346 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:05:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1929#comment-5346 It would still take the same amount of workers to rig that up and take it down. You cant leave it up because the cables would slam against the turbine during high winds and would be easily damaged and tangled + they would not buy 100000s of these for each one. This is simply a good idea for a tool a team of inspectors could use. Looks like it may be a little safer.

]]> By: Seth http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/21/riwea-the-rope-climbing-wind-turbine-inspection-robot/#comment-21953 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:05:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1929#comment-21953 It would still take the same amount of workers to rig that up and take it down. You cant leave it up because the cables would slam against the turbine during high winds and would be easily damaged and tangled + they would not buy 100000s of these for each one. This is simply a good idea for a tool a team of inspectors could use. Looks like it may be a little safer.

]]> By: Wolfgang Holstein http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/21/riwea-the-rope-climbing-wind-turbine-inspection-robot/#comment-5345 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:29:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1929#comment-5345 This story is telling lies. There is no such robot – just wool-gathering – wishful thinking and made to buffalo readers – faked bullshit – there is no doubt about blade inspections in situ today have to be evaluated by human composite experts, and this still is true for the next decade – neither infrared nor ultrasonic technique is ready nor robotics are in place to support this complex challenge. And in case it will be ready, it stays as supporting in case of …

Please take care of the quality of your publishing.

]]> By: Wolfgang Holstein http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/21/riwea-the-rope-climbing-wind-turbine-inspection-robot/#comment-21952 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1929#comment-21952 This story is telling lies. There is no such robot – just wool-gathering – wishful thinking and made to buffalo readers – faked bullshit – there is no doubt about blade inspections in situ today have to be evaluated by human composite experts, and this still is true for the next decade – neither infrared nor ultrasonic technique is ready nor robotics are in place to support this complex challenge. And in case it will be ready, it stays as supporting in case of …

Please take care of the quality of your publishing.

]]> By: Ariel http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/21/riwea-the-rope-climbing-wind-turbine-inspection-robot/#comment-5344 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:43:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1929#comment-5344 I think that for off-shore wind energy, where it would be less feasible to ship out workers to check the windmills, these robots would do a great job. Of course, if the robots cost 10x what it would cost to pay a group of workers to go out there, then that’s a different story. There are safety risks with the workers, though.

]]> By: Ariel http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/21/riwea-the-rope-climbing-wind-turbine-inspection-robot/#comment-21951 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:43:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1929#comment-21951 I think that for off-shore wind energy, where it would be less feasible to ship out workers to check the windmills, these robots would do a great job. Of course, if the robots cost 10x what it would cost to pay a group of workers to go out there, then that’s a different story. There are safety risks with the workers, though.

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