Meet SPIDER: an autonomous robot that can find damages on the surface of an airship and repair them. It has two magnetic halves, one of which shines light on the airship while the other finds pinholes and patches them. Before and after images are sent to a central hub for analysis.
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Skunk Works' SPIDER: Self-Propelled Instrument for Airship Damage Evaluation and Repair
SPIDER stands for self-propelled instrument for damage evaluation and repair. Lockheed Martin has more info on it here.
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