A tooling support system is provided. The tooling support system includes tooling support elements. Each tooling support elements includes an anchor mountable to an external component of a body being drilled into, a tool guide supportable by the anchor and defining a tooling pathway and a guide sleeve disposed at an end of the tooling pathway. Each of the guide sleeves of the tooling support elements have varying dimensions.

A robot includes front and rear traction modules to circulate throughout the inside of a wind turbine blade; two intermediate modules able to be inserted between the front module and the rear module, which include an intermediate machining module to machine fissures and cracks from within the blade; and an intermediate patching module to apply, compact and cure repair patches on the fissures and cracks; and a remote control system to monitor parameters and control the repair actions.