Lockheed built a robot that finds and repairs pinholes in airships

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division has created a robot that can find and repair tiny holes on blimps. The Self-Propelled Instrument for Airship Damage Evaluation and Repair, known as Spider, is designed to work with Lockheed's new hybrid airship, which is essentially a giant blimp designed to move heavy cargo into areas without proper roads.Spider comes in two parts — one for the inner surface and one for the outer area — which magnetically pair and inspect the airship using ligh