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Squirrel

Acuity Robotics

Wheeled climbing robot that scales monopoles and metal structures for camera and thickness inspection

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How it works on your site

Squirrel is a 4.1 kg, six-wheel climbing robot from Acuity Robotics that holds to vertical metal structures magnetically while one remote pilot drives it through FPV goggles. It inspects smooth monopoles, telescopic poles, wind turbine towers, ducting and pipes with a 1080p HD camera and a thermal camera on a turret, and takes an EMAT payload for metal wall-thickness and weld checks. Squirrel is pre-commercial, and offshore monopile inspection has development funding but no demonstration yet.

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Field outcomes

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    BT radio and rigging technicians tested the Squirrel robot near York, with support from Acuity Robotics, climbing telecoms monopoles to inspect them in place of work at height.

    Robot Squirrel: Trial Inspection in York with BT, UK

    Squirrel

Will it work on your site

Control Interface
Head-mounted FPV goggles with heads-up display28 ms video latency at 720p
BIM/CAD Requirements
Not statedPilot steers by live FPV video
Fleet Management
Not statedInspection data goes to Acuity's ARIID portal
Operating Weight
4.1 kgBody 400 × 180 × 170 mm, vendor spec

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