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 ...

Earlier this week, a team of researchers from Sweden's AASS Research Center publically announced the completion of Gasbot, a methane-gas-detecting robot prototype. Gasbot uses a new type of laser, ...

The University of Gothenburg has deployed three underwater robots in the Baltic waters around the leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. This is done to be able to follow how chemistry and life in ...