This robot can tell when sewers need repairing by scratching the walls

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This robot can tell when sewers need repairing by scratching the walls
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A four-legged robot that wades through water and climbs over obstacles can detect when the concrete in underground sewerage tunnels needs repair

A four-legged robot that inspects concrete can walk through underground sewage tunnels and detect when they need repairing.

Hendrik Kolvenbach at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland and his colleagues have developed a that scratches one of its legs against concrete to determine the condition it is in. The robot is waterproof and it can wade through water and climb over obstacles.Continue reading

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