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Rolls-Royce introduced a group of small robots that could help in the review and repair of the aircraft engines during the past week. While these small robots are still in the development phase, they will allow faster, less demanding engine inspections and cheaper engine maintenance. These technologies on Farnborough Airshow are being worked on with other companies and with researchers from the University of Nottingham and Harvard University
#Swarm #robots can be described as small, cockroach-inspired robots that can be theoretically placed in a motor and offer a glimpse into them with small cameras. In this way, it will not be necessary to remove the motor from the air in order for an inspection to take place. Researchers at Harvard University are working to shrink the robots, which are still so big for such jobs.
In addition to Swarm robots, Rolls-Royce also introduced a periscope-like robot that could be embedded in an engine, and this robot will always pay attention to any repairs that need to be done. A pair of snake-like robots are introduced and they can move forward as a motorized endoscope with their flexible design and then work together to make repairs. Finally, Rolls-Royce has introduced robots that can be loaded into the engine by virtually anyone and can be remotely controlled, which will inevitably remove the necessity for specialists to take the position of a plane to perform specific repairs.