A robot capable of repairing underground gas mains 10-times faster than a person is being put to work under some of the busiest roads in the UK.
The Cisbot, or Cast Iron Joint Sealing Robot, is deployed to fix the ageing underground pipes of Britain’s gas network at a fraction of the speed of its human counterparts, significantly minimising disruption to motorists and pedestrians. “We need fewer and smaller excavations which means a lot less disruption for road…
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