Project DORBINE accepted

DORBINE is a cooperative project between AIR6 Systems and Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU) (Farzad Tashtarian, project leader; Christian Timmerer and Hamid Amirpourazarian) and is funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG.

Project description: Renewable energy plays a critical role in the global transition to sustainable and environmentally friendly power sources, and among the various technologies, turbines stand out as a key contributor. Wind turbines, for example, can convert up to 45% of the available wind energy into electricity, with modern designs reaching efficiencies as high as 50%, depending on conditions. The DORBINE project aims to enhance wind turbine efficiency in electricity production by developing an innovative inspection framework powered by cutting-edge AI techniques. It leverages a swarm of drones equipped with high-resolution cameras and advanced sensors to perform real-time, detailed blade inspections without the need for turbine shutdowns.