Rolls-Royce To Create Snakes and Beetles For Engine Maintenance
Rolls Royce, one of the most popular engine maker is looking forward to a unique idea of introducing robots inspired by snakes and cockroaches for the purpose of inspecting and repairing the engines in the airlines.
As a part of its so-called IntelligentEngine project, researchers from the company have expressed their plans for robotic snake and insect that will crawl inside engines to carry out inspections and perform maintenance.
“We are in the process of developing a number of miniature devices that enable us to get inside the jet engine to perform inspections or repairs,” said Dr. James Kell, on wing technology specialist at Rolls-Royce. “Repairs can be in the form of removing damaged material or putting material back on. To allow us to perform these repairs, we are working with an...