BladeBUG NDT Robot

BladeBUG is a multi-legged crawler for contact non-destructive testing of wind-turbine blades. It carries ultrasonic inspection equipment across the blade surface to identify subsurface defects including delamination, bondline failures, voids, cracks and fibre wrinkles.

The platform is designed for uptower inspection without removing the blade. Coverage, defect sensitivity and data quality depend on the selected sensor, scan path, blade condition and inspection procedure.