Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyoto-based Tmsuk Corporation (Tmsuk) has announced the development of a new legged pipe inspection robot called "SPD-X." The new ...

FIBERSCOPE has added the TRACER X20 floating pipe inspection robot to its lineup. This self-propelled, amphibious robot is built for flooded and surcharged sewer lines that standard crawlers can't ...

Hidden from sight, under the UK’s roads, buildings, and parks, lie about one million kilometers of pipes. Maintaining and repairing these pipes require about 1.5 million road excavations a year, which ...

TULSA, Okla. — A robot deployed by the City of Tulsa was a critical piece of technology used in the recovery of a missing woman’s body from a storm drain on April 2. The Pipe Ranger has been part of ...

An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful inspection of multiple defects on a three-meter long steel ...

How much of the pipework in a processing plant that has been carrying Uranium Hexafluorode gas for nearly fifty years won’t be heavily contaminated? Are we talking about saving the cost of not ...

Micro-robots that can inspect water pipes, diagnose cracks and fix them autonomously—reducing leaks and avoiding expensive excavation work—have been developed by a team of engineers led by the ...

A tubular, soft robot controlled by light can pump liquids, unscrew bolts and travel through pipes. The robot can also be designed to bend in the direction of a light source, like a plant tilting ...

OVIEDO, Florida (KLTV) - A crew using a wheeled robot to investigate stormwater pipes under Florida roads ran into a scaly surprise. The stormwater crew was investigating potholes under Lockwood ...

A camera affixed to a robot captured an alligator hiding in a Florida stormwater pipe. On May 5, the City of Oviedo sent a four-wheel robotic camera to investigate "anomalies" under the roadway after ...