Micro-robots that can inspect water pipes, diagnose cracks and fix them autonomously—reducing leaks and avoiding expensive excavation work—have been developed by a team of engineers led by the ...

In the battle to conserve water, leaking pipes form an insidious enemy, accounting for average losses of 30 percent – but in some localities as much as 70 percent – of piped drinking water across the ...

Tiny robots built in Sheffield that 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 ...

South Bow Corporation has restarted the Keystone Pipeline system about a week after the crude conduit leaked roughly 3500 barrels of oil in North Dakota, the Calgary-based pipeline operator said ...