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A Robotic Cable Inspection System

Posted by Zonk on from the amazing-voyage-only-without-guts dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In a short article, Popular Science reports that researchers at the University of Washington have built a robotic cable inspection system. This system should help utility companies to maintain their networks of subterranean cables. The robot, dubbed Cruiser, is about 4-feet-long and is designed like a snake. When it detects an anomaly on an underground cable, it sends a message to a human operator via Wi-Fi. The first field tests took place in New Orleans in December 2006. But a commercial version should not be available before 2012."

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  1. Samuel L. Jackson appointed DIRNSA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    > The robot, dubbed Cruiser, is about 4-feet-long and is designed like a snake. When it detects an anomaly on an underground cable, it sends a message to a human operator via Wi-Fi.

    "That's IT! I have had it with these muthafuckin' splices in these muthafuckin' fiba-optic cables!"

  2. blog spam by PatentMagus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yet more piquepaille blog spam. a robotic cable inspection system is the one and only link to hit.

    --
    I am a lawyer, but not yours. Anything I tell you might be a total lie intended to benefit my clients at your expense.