A new research project at Aarhus University aims to develop intelligent, autonomous drones that can fly out to small and large wind farms and scan, detect and report any icing on the blades of the turbines.
A new research project at Aarhus University aims to develop intelligent, autonomous drones that can fly out to small and large wind farms and scan, detect and report any icing on the blades of the turbines.
The Independent Research Fund Denmark is funding the project with DKK 2.8 million. The project is headed by Associate Professor Erdal Kayacan from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aarhus University and is carried out in collaboration with Vestas.
"It's damn hard to detect ice on turbine blades because ice is transparent. In this project, we’re going to try out several different sensor systems built into the drones. We’re also going to develop an AI-controlled algorithm that uses advanced image recognition to see the difference between blades with and without icing,” he says.
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