NearthWIND and Zoomable Autonomous Wind Turbine Inspection

Nearthlab is a Seoul-based physical AI company founded in 2015 by two KAIST aerospace engineers. Its hardware-independent autonomy software handles perception, navigation and control on board drones, and it serves wind energy, infrastructure and defense customers, with subsidiaries in the US and Germany.

For enterprise inspection, NearthWIND Pro is an autonomous drone with a 45 MP full-frame camera that recognizes the wind turbine, plans its own path and captures 600+ images in about 15 minutes per turbine, detecting 0.3 mm-class defects. NearthWIND Mobile is an app that turns a standard commercial drone into an automated inspection tool. Zoomable is a cloud digital twin SaaS that calculates defect location and size, tracks changes year over year and generates reports for turbines, buildings, bridges and dams. Customers include Siemens Gamesa, Vestas and GE.

• NearthWIND Pro: autonomous inspection drone with 45 MP, 35 mm full-frame camera.
• Target recognition: identifies the turbine, plans the flight path and avoids collisions automatically.
• NearthWIND Mobile: app that converts an existing commercial drone into an automated inspection tool.
• Zoomable digital twin: millimeter-level zoom, automatic defect location and sizing.
• Time-series tracking: compares defects year over year and manages repair history.
• Workflow tools: inspection scheduling, task assignment, 3D viewer and automated reporting.

• Nearshore wind farm operators in the Mekong Delta running annual blade inspections without rope access teams.
• Turbine O&M contractors building a digital defect history for warranty and repair planning.
• Infrastructure owners using Zoomable to manage drone images of bridges, dams and building facades.

• Cuts a six-hour rope-access inspection to a 15-minute, one-button flight per turbine.
• 0.3 mm-class defect detection with a re-shoot rate below 1%.
• Operable by staff with brief training, in gusts up to 17 m/s.
• Zoomable turns raw image sets into audited technical reports within 10 days instead of more than a month of manual work.

Wind fleets are growing in size and age, and blade defects detected late lead to costly downtime. Owners and OEMs are standardizing on autonomous drone inspection and digital records of blade condition. Vietnam, Taiwan and other Asian markets are adding large onshore, nearshore and offshore wind capacity, creating demand for faster, lower-cost inspection.

Founded 14 May 2015 in Korea; HQ in Songpa-gu, Seoul, with US and German subsidiaries. Raised Series C in 2022; holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001. Entered the Taiwan wind inspection market in 2020; reports operations in 40+ countries. Approved for KOSDAQ preliminary listing review in 2026.