[Themaintainers] Fwd: Snakelike robot maintains submerged pipelines
Andrew Russell
andy at themaintainers.org
Thu Jan 28 21:29:33 EST 2021
Hello everyone -
The section on “Industry Focus: Infrastructures” in the newsletter below has a nice range of stories, from dams and cities to synthetic concrete and *checks notes* 20-foot long snakelike robots.
Enjoy!
Andy
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Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D.
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