A newly funded intelligent robotic system for tunnel inspection is slated for testing on several large European jobs as early as next December—well before a working prototype is built. Funders’ ...

Researchers from UC Berkeley partnered with the East Bay Municipal Utility District, or EBMUD, to use a robot dog named Spot to assist with water tunnel inspections in the Bay Area. The four-legged ...

For anyone who worries about being caught in a cave-in, you'll be glad to know that tunnels such as those found in subways or mountain roads are regularly checked for structural degradation. These ...

A robot that detects cracks in tunnels now joins the many other robots being used by governments today. Under development now for the European Union’s ROBINSPECT program, the semi-autonomous ...

A European consortium has developed a robot that can scan tunnel walls for tell-tale signs of impending trouble. Called Robinspect (a bit of a tortured abbreviation for ROBotic System with Intelligent ...

With a sprawling network of tunnels in need of repairs and upgrades, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has explored in recent years how it might automate some of its dirtiest and most ...

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider holds the title as the world’s largest particle accelerator, boasting an underground circular tunnel that’s 17 miles long. It’s ideal for smashing particles into each ...