Underwater drone used to check offshore wind farm foundations

Energy giant EDF has deployed a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to carry out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection at its Blyth site.
The ROV was modified to include cutting-edge robotic technologies for autonomous inspection capabilities and carried out visual inspections of the gravity-based foundations of three offshore turbines over the course of four days.
The inspections were undertaken as part of a partnership between EDF and the ORCA Hub which is a s