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 that range in size from a tabby cat to a large man will soon roam Midland, collecting information and data as they go. But you won't see these robots walking around the community -- rather they ...

The University of Texas at Arlington and the city of Waxahachie are collaborating on robotic inspections of several miles of the city's sewer pipelines. Ali Abolmaali, professor and chair of UTA's ...

Autonomous roving robots may be coming to a sewer near you. RedZone Robotics just launched a new robot to inspect mid-sized sewage pipes for corrosion, deformation, and debris in order to prevent ...

Inside a white truck parked along a road in the city of Chula Vista, two co-workers get ready to spend hours searching for debris from inside pipes without getting dirty. Peggie Mazzeppi and Sergei ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sewer robots sound like villains out of a Ninja Turtle movie, but in the City of St. Petersburg they could turn out to be the heroes. Robots can serve as data collectors for ...

Robots have been to Mars, the moon and the ocean floor, but until last month they’d never visited Pittsburgh’s sewer pipes. That changed on June 22nd, when a squat inspector called The Solo began its ...

Four of RedZone Robotics’ “Solo” devices are shown. The devices help engineers map out sewer systems and prioritize which pipes need to be repaired, said sales operations manager John DePasquale.

Viktor Doychinov works for the University of Leeds as a Research Fellow. He is funded through the Pipebots project, EPSRC Grant EP/S016813/1. Hidden from sight, under the UK’s roads, buildings and ...