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 ...

Robots are great for going where humans can't, and the cramped confines of municipal water pipes are the perfect example. A new initiative is working on building robots that can access and repair ...

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 ...

As a person who despises the cold, there is nothing worse than being home on a frigid winter night and having your utility company turn off the gas for repairs. Thankfully, robots are here to save us ...

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 ...

Pipebots are laden with sensors and designed to be small enough to patrol water pipes without blocking them Around three billion litres of water are lost through leaks across hundreds of thousands of ...

Gas and water leaks could be identified before they threaten lives and infrastructure, using this MIT-developed robot that swims through pipes. Researchers claim the robot is cheaper, faster and more ...