Ordinarily, when there's a leak in an underground natural gas pipeline, the affected section of pipe has to be excavated and replaced. Soon, however, a pipe-inspecting and -repairing modular robot may ...

Pipebots are laden with sensors and designed to be small enough to patrol water pipes without blocking them Around three billion litres of water are lost through leaks across hundreds of thousands of ...

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 ...