Eco Factor: Robotic devices to prevent leaky water pipes.
Fibrwrap Construction Inc. and FYFE Company have teamed up with robotic experts at the University of California to develop robotic devices that can lay carbon fiber material in over two million miles of aging water mains. Funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Innovation Program, the team will build devices that can lay carbon fiber material 11 times faster than a human crew.
Water supply robots have been in use for inspection purposes, but to date the work has only been limited to pipes of 36 diameters or more. Fibrwrap’s robotic devices will even be able to perform their work in small pipes
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