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 ...

If a robot can do that, then why can't it fill a car tank?' I thought," said developer and gas station operator Nico van Staveren. "Drivers needn't get dirty hands or smell of petrol again." ...

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.

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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 ...