Airship-fixing spider named one of the 10 most important Aerospace innovations of the year by Popular Science Magazine
Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, has invented an autonomous robotic SPIDER (self-propelled instrument for damage evaluation and repair), which can detect and repair holes in airships.
Without this technology, humans must painstakingly inspect the body of an airship for pinhole leaks before it is inflated.
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