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Robots to Crawl Under the City

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dreaming-of-electric-sheep dept.

Johan Louwers writes "Robots will crawl tubes in a short while to investigate power cables running in the tubes to make sure they are still undamaged or in need for a repair. The Robotic Cable Inspection System is developed by Alexander Mamishev, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington. Making use of infrared thermal analysis and acoustic partial discharge analysis, the robot will be checking mile after mile of cable while crawling his way in the tubes."

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  1. Now we know by snarkth · · Score: 5, Funny

    How the Sentinels got their start.

      snarkth

  2. Horror by SinGunner · · Score: 4, Funny
    This sounds like a bad horror-movie plot. Next they'll start coming up from the ground in some old people's home and killing everyone, and then the police get called in to investigate, but they just can't tell what the hell happened. Then more isolated incidents start to occur which leads the main character and his expendable co-stars into the dark abandoned subway tunnels to search for this menace from the underneath!

    The final scene involves a huge explosion or EMP burst that destroys all the robots but also leaves everyone in the sewer in complete darkness. Cut, print, that's a wrap. Where's my money?

  3. Re:Identifiers? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Add an "I'm feeling lucky" button to really top off its "none-evilness".

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  4. Re:Identifiers? by Kadin2048 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they could just write "NOT EVIL" in magic marker or something, that would make ME feel better.

    How about "Don't Panic" in nice, friendly letters?

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    "Ladies and gentlemen, my killbot features Lotus Notes and a machine gun. It is the finest available."