Easyjet develops flying robots to inspect aircraft

[Traderd]

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27308232

The plan is to use the drones for more than just inspections. Someone has a vision of remotely guided repair procedures performed by engineers in Robocop suits. Meet George Jetson....

"Easyjet is developing drones to inspect its fleet of Airbus aircraft, and may introduce the flying maintenance robots as early as next year." "Coupled with smart navigation and computer vision, they can get accurate data from really awkward places."

 

[scoreboardII]

I bet they use those right up until one of those rotors breaks and it does a 360 death spiral into the wing, punching a hole when it hits.