
The workshop "The use of drones and robots for Wind and Solar Operations and Maintenance" will demonstrate on Thursday, April 28 to the industry of Bristol new robotic and aerospace technologies and concepts with potential application to Operation & Maintenance tasks of wind and solar energy
This is a singular event focused on novel technologies linked to aerial inspection and manipulation of wind and solar farms, additive manufacturing, non-destructive testing, remote control or augmented reality, which allows improving operation and maintenance technologies and increasing the efficiency and uptime of wind and solar farms. The workshop, organized by the University of West of England (UWE) in collaboration with DURABLE partners, will be held on April 28 at 9:30 a.m. and it will take place at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory.
This workshop will show onsite demonstrations of novel technologies developed in DURABLE, a collaborative European R&D project in which 12 partners have demonstrated improvements such as the automation of inspection and repair tasks or the rapid replacement of parts, reducing costs and improving the productivity of the new plants. During the workshop, key technology partners will present their contributions to the project's outcome and they will share the latest knowledge and trends in the sector. As an additional opportunity, these partners will also be reachable for B2B meetings right after their presentations, which allows to generate business contacts and partnerships with the key technology partners of DURABLE. For more information about the technologies considered and their current level of development, you can refer to the Technology Booklet.
Agenda (Thursday April 28)
- 09:30 – 10:00 Welcome and introduction to the project (ESTIA: coordinator)
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10:00 – 11:30 Presentation of the technologies developed by technical partners
- VICE (Virtual Immersive Cockpit Environment): A versatile virtual cockpit to remotely supervise and control a multi-system of heterogeneous vehicles. Patxi Berard (ESTIA)
- Non Destructive Inspection of wind turbine blade components and Solar panels based in thermography and electroluminescence. Pablo Lopez (LORTEK)
- Trajectory planning for a formation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles inspecting wind turbine. Jesús Capitán (University of Seville)
- Ground navigation technologies and ground support for aerial and terrestrial robots inspections. Alberto Vale (Instituto Superior Técnico IST)
- Q&A session
- 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee and networking
- 12:00 – 13:00 B2B meetings and end of workshop
Registration
You can secure your place in the event by using this link.
Please note that registration is free of charge but required to attend the workshop.
B2B meetings
All the presenters of this workshop will be available for B2B meetings right after the lunch and networking session. This offers industrial companies a unique opportunity to generate business contacts and partnerships with the key technology partners of DURABLE in a time and cost-efficient way, with easily arranged 20-minute face-2-face meetings.
Refer to the TECHNOLOGY BOOKLET to get more detail on technologies and partners and to organize your B2B meetings. When registering to the workshop, you will have the option to choose up to three partners for three B2B meetings.
Location
The workshop will be held in the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, which is located at the University of the West of England Frenchay campus, approx. 5 miles outside Bristol city centre. The University is approx. 13 miles from Bristol airport (40 minute drive) and 5 miles from Bristol City centre (15 minute drive). You can also access the University by bus from the city centre in approx. 20minutes. See the full timetable here.