Netherlands Fugro has been awarded a further two-year contract by Petrobras to provide comprehensive inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) and pipeline inspection services in Brazil. This new ...

Abstract: Compared with traditional in-pipe robots, tensegrity robots have exhibited many advantages such as light-weight, compliant, collapsible, low-cost, and rapidly manufacturable characteristics.

Researchers in Japan have developed Leafbot, a soft robot capable of moving over uneven surfaces that could find applications ...

Shenhao Technology’s Railway Inspection Robot is an innovative solution for the railway industry. It is a great tool to trim the cost of rail track inspection. Equipped with different mechanisms to ...

TVIS 1000 train bottom inspection robot adopts the combination of wheeled motion platform, mechanical arm and vision system, running in the train maintenance ditch, instead of manual work to complete ...

While human hands exhibit unmatched dexterity, robot end-effectors struggle to match their performance, largely due to challenges in design and the lack of sophisticated sensing and advanced control ...

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Specifically, the online tool is designed to streamline pipe design assessments during the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) stage of projects, thus enabling engineers to evaluate the suitability of ...

The iLife V3s Pro is the best robot vacuum you can get for less than $200. Despite its low price, the V3s Pro consistently outperformed other robot vacuums that cost three times as much. It picked ...

Its compact design makes it especially appealing for small homes and apartments, particularly if you have low-profile furniture. If your current robot vacuum can't clean under the couch or ...

As the island of Patmos continues to evolve, one local designer considers just how much of the past to incorporate into her home. By Kurt Soller and Alina Lefa How to revive an 18th-century ...

"In view of the incidents of water pipeline rupture in the city due to various reasons, a decision was taken to conduct a robotic survey of the clear water pumping main pipeline. This aims to ...