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 ...

Within sight of the Atlantic Ocean, Aubo Robotics’ SwitchWeld i5 plasma cobot cuts holes in a large-diameter pipe for the ...

Everyone who lives in an older home knows that plumbing is hell. The smallest problem involves a plumber cursing at your bathtub with a metal snake, or worse, a giant truck drilling its way through ...

PHOENIX – In the back of an SRP truck, Michael Wiechens stares at a monitor and works a joystick back and forth. His view: a 360-degree scan from inside an irrigation pipe. Until eight years ago, SRP ...

Stormwater culverts can be dangerous places, due to hazards such as crumbling concrete ceilings, submerged obstacles, and toxic gas accumulations. The PIPE-i robot was designed with that fact in mind, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio crews cleaning up a massive former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio plan this summer to deploy a high-tech helper: an autonomous, radiation-measuring robot ...

Tiny robots could help fix leaky water pipes without having to dig up roads, according to new research. The miniature machines - called "Pipebots" - are the same size as a toy car and can track down ...