Rise of the drones: Siemens and SkySpecs team up to deliver turbine-inspecting drones

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Engineering giant partners with US start up to accelerate the development of drones capable of automatically inspecting onshore and offshore turbines

The push to develop more cost effective ways of maintaining wind turbines took a novel turn this week with news engineering giant Siemens is teaming up with US drone technology specialist SkySpecs...

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