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0MIT Graduate Creates Robot That Swims Through Pipes To Find Out If They're Leaking (fastcompany.com)	null/SLASHDOT/0102640424		70\r
i  Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r
i  from the leak-detecting dept.\r
i\r
i    A  28-year-old  MIT  graduate  named  You  Wu  spent  six years\r
i    developing  a  low-cost  robot  designed to find leaks in pipes\r
i    early,  both  to  save  water  and to avoid bigger damage later\r
i    from  bursting water mains. "Called Lighthouse, the robot looks\r
i    like  a  badminton  birdie,"  reports  Fast  Company.  "A  soft\r
i    'skirt'  on  the  device is covered with sensors. As it travels\r
i    through  pipes, propelled by the flowing water, suction tugs at\r
i    the  device  when  there's a leak, and it records the location,\r
i    making  a  map  of critical leaks to fix." From the report: MIT\r
i    doctoral  student You Wu spent six years developing the design,\r
i    building  on  research  that  earlier  students  began  under a\r
i    project  sponsored  by a university in Saudi Arabia, where most\r
i    drinking  water  comes  from  expensive desalination plants and\r
i    around  a  third  of  it  is lost to leaks. It took three years\r
i    before  he  had  a  working  prototype. Then Wu got inspiration\r
i    from  an  unexpected  source:  At  a party with his partner, he\r
i    accidentally  stepped  on  her  dress. She noticed immediately,\r
i    unsurprisingly,  and  Wu  realized  that he could use a similar\r
i    skirt-like  design  on  a  robot so that the robot could detect\r
i    subtle  tugs  from  the suction at each leak. Wu graduated from\r
i    MIT  in  June,  and  is  now launching the technology through a\r
i    startup  called  WatchTower  Robotics.  The  company  will soon\r
i    begin  pilots in Australia and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One\r
i    challenge  now, he says, is creating a guide so water companies\r
i    can use the device on their own.\r
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	2	i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD)\r
	3	i from the leak-detecting dept.\r
	4	i\r
	5	i A 28-year-old MIT graduate named You Wu spent six years\r
	6	i developing a low-cost robot designed to find leaks in pipes\r
	7	i early, both to save water and to avoid bigger damage later\r
	8	i from bursting water mains. "Called Lighthouse, the robot looks\r
	9	i like a badminton birdie," reports Fast Company. "A soft\r
	10	i 'skirt' on the device is covered with sensors. As it travels\r
	11	i through pipes, propelled by the flowing water, suction tugs at\r
	12	i the device when there's a leak, and it records the location,\r
	13	i making a map of critical leaks to fix." From the report: MIT\r
	14	i doctoral student You Wu spent six years developing the design,\r
	15	i building on research that earlier students began under a\r
	16	i project sponsored by a university in Saudi Arabia, where most\r
	17	i drinking water comes from expensive desalination plants and\r
	18	i around a third of it is lost to leaks. It took three years\r
	19	i before he had a working prototype. Then Wu got inspiration\r
	20	i from an unexpected source: At a party with his partner, he\r
	21	i accidentally stepped on her dress. She noticed immediately,\r
	22	i unsurprisingly, and Wu realized that he could use a similar\r
	23	i skirt-like design on a robot so that the robot could detect\r
	24	i subtle tugs from the suction at each leak. Wu graduated from\r
	25	i MIT in June, and is now launching the technology through a\r
	26	i startup called WatchTower Robotics. The company will soon\r
	27	i begin pilots in Australia and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One\r
	28	i challenge now, he says, is creating a guide so water companies\r
	29	i can use the device on their own.\r
	30	i\r