Sewer environments are hazardous. They typically contain toxic gases, pose biological hazards, and carry a risk of physical ...

Ordinarily, when there's a leak in an underground natural gas pipeline, the affected section of pipe has to be excavated and replaced. Soon, however, a pipe-inspecting and -repairing modular robot may ...

Kyoto-based Tmsuk Corporation (Tmsuk) has announced the development of a new legged pipe inspection robot called "SPD-X." The new robot can fit through pipes bigger than 7.87 inches (20 cm) in ...

The road workers of the future could be smaller. And a lot less human. On Monday, the United Kingdom’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy announced an $8.9 million investment ...

As part of the Innovation UK competition, a company called TWI has developed a robot that is able to crawl through nuclear pipes and repair them, ensuring that nothing dangerous leaks through them.

CHONGQING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- A unique robot made a splash at the just-concluded Smart China Expo 2023 in Chongqing, southwest China. It might be no bigger than a remote-control car, but it has ...