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07-28-2016, 01:41 AM
Meet Spider, the tiny robot doctor for blimps
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From Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team — the same folks that brought you the strategic recon aircrafts U-2 Dragon Lady (http://lockheedmartin.com/us/products/u2.html) and SR-71 Blackbird (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N31eEXjNAUU) as well as the stealth fighter jet F-117 Nighthawk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnt6ISOGWHQ) — **w comes Spider (**t to be confused with this one (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/in**vations/011916-webt-spider.html)), a device to repair blimps more efficiently than ever. *
As Skunk Works explains, old methods to repair blimps are time-consuming. One has to deflate the blimp (which can take hours), and walk around with a bright, handheld light, looking very carefully for rips and tears.
SEE ALSO: World's biggest aircraft gets closer to takeoff (http://mashable.com/2015/03/10/airlander-10-airship/)
By contrast, the Spider (short for Self-Propelled Instrument for Damage Evaluation and Repair), however, uses two magnetic halves, one to shine a bright LED light outside the blimp, and one that senses this light from the inside, thus exposing holes and problem areas. It can then move its *****ing mechanism over said hole, repair it, and then snap before and after pics of the fix, allowing a pair of human eyes to inspect it later. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/spider-blimp-fixer-robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Transportation (http://mashable.com/category/transportation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Spider (http://mashable.com/category/spider/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Blimps (http://mashable.com/category/blimps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Nl7dqEDCNBE
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From Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team — the same folks that brought you the strategic recon aircrafts U-2 Dragon Lady (http://lockheedmartin.com/us/products/u2.html) and SR-71 Blackbird (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N31eEXjNAUU) as well as the stealth fighter jet F-117 Nighthawk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnt6ISOGWHQ) — **w comes Spider (**t to be confused with this one (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/in**vations/011916-webt-spider.html)), a device to repair blimps more efficiently than ever. *
As Skunk Works explains, old methods to repair blimps are time-consuming. One has to deflate the blimp (which can take hours), and walk around with a bright, handheld light, looking very carefully for rips and tears.
SEE ALSO: World's biggest aircraft gets closer to takeoff (http://mashable.com/2015/03/10/airlander-10-airship/)
By contrast, the Spider (short for Self-Propelled Instrument for Damage Evaluation and Repair), however, uses two magnetic halves, one to shine a bright LED light outside the blimp, and one that senses this light from the inside, thus exposing holes and problem areas. It can then move its *****ing mechanism over said hole, repair it, and then snap before and after pics of the fix, allowing a pair of human eyes to inspect it later. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/spider-blimp-fixer-robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Transportation (http://mashable.com/category/transportation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Spider (http://mashable.com/category/spider/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Robots (http://mashable.com/category/robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Blimps (http://mashable.com/category/blimps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Nl7dqEDCNBE