229K views · 1.1K reactions | The @asarmarine autonomous crane is crazy cool. We hitched a ride on the crane to get the boats point of view, but this things moves fast during normal operations putting a boat from the water to hits home in under 7 minutes. - #CenterConsolesOnly #AsarMarine | Center Consoles Only | Facebook

This system climbs up a wind turbine like a koala to perform maintenance and construction work. KoalaLifter is an autonomous self-climbing crane system for the maintenance and erection of onshore and offshore wind turbines. It's a breakthrough technology inspired by climbing koalas that uses friction collars to climb the tower instead of a conventional crane. The system was developed by Spanish company KoalaLifter, which received a €2 million grant from the European Innovation Council. It offers