We are delighted to invite you to the second annual WCM Fieldlab Zephyros AIRTuB-ROMI event!
Join us as our project partners showcase their latest progress and results through inspiring presentations and live demonstrations.
In addition, we are excited to welcome innovators from other Offshore Renewable Energy Smart Maintenance projects, who will share their cutting-edge developments with you.
As always, the event will take place at our home base, De KAAP in Vlissingen.
We look forward to welcoming you on Friday, November 28, from 09:30 onwards. The day will conclude around 17:00 with an informal networking reception—an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and connect with peers from across the industry.
Program
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:30–10:00 | Arrival & Coffee |
| 10:00–10:10 | Introduction into the WCM Fieldlab Zephyros and Unmanned Maintenance Offshore – Ferry Visser and Jeroen Verschelling (WCM) |
| 10:10–10:30 | Setting the Scene Digitale Noordzee – Steven Abdoelkhan & Martijn van Dijk (Rijkswaterstaat CIV) |
| 10:30–10:50 | AIRTUB-ROMI – Blade Sensors, Bart Vandehoek (WP1 leader AIRTuB-ROMI) |
| 10:50–11:10 | AIRTUB-ROMI – Digital Twin, Dispatch Strategy & Dashboard (TNO), Carel van Diggelen (TNO) |
| 11:10–11:30 | AIRTUB-ROMI – Drone & Crawler Development, Integration & Lab Testing – Jos Gunsing, (WP3 Leader AIRTuB-ROMI) |
| 11:30 | Coffee & move to demo zones |
| 11:40 – 13:30 | Block 1 (presentations/demonstrations AIRTuB-ROMI) |
| AIRTuB-ROMI Drone: integration and certification – Paul Janssen (Avular) and Patrick Sloot (NLR) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI Crawler development – Paul Verhoeckx (Nobleo) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI Communications – Sabari Anbalagan (Inertia) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI Sliding Ultra Sonic probe – William Kramer (NLR) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI Docking station – Yves Lentfert (Nest-fly ) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI Rolling Ultra Sonic probe – Roger Groves (TU Delft) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI blade sensors (optical) – Jesse van Kempen (Tarucca) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI blade sensors (acoustic) – Malcolm Howe (Mistras) | |
| AIRTuB-ROMI lifting device and fluid supply – Edward Mouw, Jos Gunsing (HZUAS and Scalda) | |
| 12:30–13:30 | Joint Lunch |
| 13:30–15:00 | Cross-project presentations part 1 |
| NWO OTP project collaborative drones for offshore windturbine inspection – Sherry Wang (TU Delft) | |
| Humanoids in offshore wind project development – Jeroen Verschelling (WCM) | |
| X-ray blade inspections – Rita Raminhos (Spect X) | |
| 6G for offshore windturbine robotics – Marco Turini, Yohan Toh (TNO) | |
| Blade sensor installation robot – Carel van Diggelen (TNO) | |
| Complex tasks with drones – Ayham Alharbat (Saxion UAS) | |
| 15:00–15:30 | Coffee break, with exhibits from Teknos |
| 15:00-16:30 | Block 2 (information market blade inspection/repair technologies) |
| Reblade/Teknos leading edge repair – Allan Bonde Jensen (Reblade/Teknos) | |
| Complex tasks with drones – Ayham Alharbat (Saxion UAS) | |
| X-ray blade inspections – Rita Raminhos (Spect X) | |
| Robotic drone transport hook – Thijs van ’t Geloof (Ampelmann) | |
| Lidar based mapping and position on a collision tolerant confined space drone – Steven Verver (Terra inspectioneering) | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Panel discussion – Various speakers, chairman: Ferry Visser |
| 17:00 | Closing remarks & drinks – Ferry Visser and Jeroen Verschelling / WCM |