GE Research's Robotics and Autonomy team, led by Deepak Trivedi, have developed an innovative, autonomous soft robot design adapted from the giant earthworm tunneling robot developed as part of the Defense Advanced Research Agency’s (DARPA) Underminer Program.
GE’s Pipe-worm (Programmable Worm for Irregular Pipeline Exploration) has cockroach-like whiskers and powerful fluid powered muscles to give it extreme flexibility and perception capabilities.
It's ideal for autonomous monitoring, inspection, repair and even mapping of oil and gas pipelines or underground municipal water and sewer systems. It's even powerful enough to to demolish solid waste deposits called “fatbergs,” which have become a problem in many municipal sewer systems.
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