Researchers say that these robots could pave the way for “self-repairing The University of Leeds will spearhead the development of small robots that could fix lamps and potholes all over the city.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. developed small robots called "Pipebots" that can travel inside water ...

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

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 ...

Robot That Climbs In The Pipe Date: June 27, 2008 Source: SINTEF Summary: Industrial pipe systems are inaccessible and narrow. The pipes can be vertical and have junctions.

Modular pipe robot. June 30, 2008 Scientists at Scandinavian independent research organizationSINTEF have a new robot in the pipeline. That’s the aim, anyway.