Tiny robots to rehabilitate U.K. collection systems without roadwork

摘要

Four British universities will use £7 million awarded by the government of the United Kingdom to address the country's aging underground collection systems while minimizing worker risks and traffic disruptions. The institutions - University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Leeds, and Sheffield University - will develop and commercialize 1 -cm (0.4-in.) -long robotic devices that fix pipe leaks and blockages in hard-to-reach places, according to a government news release.