His company’s bread and butter, Allford said, is building robots for the oil and gas industry, which slashed budgets, lost billions of dollars and basically halted activity in 2020. Fast forward ...

The 3-ft-long, 85-lb cast-iron sealing robot inspects a natural-gas main pipeline. PHOTO COURTESY OF ULC ROBOTICS Two ULC workers monitor the CISBOTs progress with six onboard cameras.

The technology isn’t simple, requiring a large, dextrous robot with programming to accommodate a variety of vehicle heights and gas cap types. And the payoff? A fill-up that’s about as fast as ...

Based on CIT's experience gained from building robots for dealing with nuclear power accidents, Sakura 2 is designed specifically to investigate gas-filled areas, do emergency inspections ...

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Dutch inventors unveiled on Monday a 75,000 euro (56,296 pounds) car-fuelling robot they say is the first ... multiple sensors extends from a regular gas pump, carefully opens the car's flap ...