Rolls-Royce Develops Robots to Crawl Into Jet Engines
FARNBOROUGH, England—Rolls-Royce engineers are developing miniature robots that could be used in future jet engine maintenance applications.
The IntelligentEngine initiative is studying a wide variety of advanced robotic technology, ranging from snake robots that work their way through the engine like an endoscope, to miniature, collaborative swarm robots that crawl through the insides of an engine.