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Aerones (YC W18) — Robotics for wind turbine maintenance

We have created a robotic system for wind turbine blade maintenance. It can perform tasks such as lightning conductivity testing, high-resolution inspection, drainage hole cleaning, cleaning, painting and leading-edge repair.

Aerones is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2018 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Robotics for wind turbine maintenance. The founders listed are Dainis Kruze (Founder/CEO), Janis Putrams (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, December 24, 2017).

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Aerones

New accelerator entry · 2017-12-24 · the record

Winter 2018
batch
250
people
Early
stage
Latvia
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2018
Announced2017-12-24
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size250
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Climate
SectorsRobotics, Drones, Climate
RegionsLatvia, Europe
BasedRiga, Latvia
HiringNo
Sitehttp://www.aerones.com
Founded2015
YC group partnerGustaf Alstromer

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We have created a robotic system for wind turbine blade maintenance. It can perform tasks such as lightning conductivity testing, high-resolution inspection, drainage hole cleaning, cleaning, painting and leading-edge repair.

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