Robots to inspect Ahmedabad sewers

AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will now employ robots to inspect its sewers in the city. Though the technology has been around in the country for quite sometime but it will be used by AMC for the first time. These special robot-manhole cameras has night vision capabilities and is generally sent along the sewer line to inspect the quality of cleaning or leakages in the line.
"The robot moves like a rover and has a camera attached to the head. It can tell us whether to use jetting machines or super suckers in the manhole depending on the amount of dirt that is present in the sewer. The robot even goes into wet wells, vessels and electrical conduits," said an AMC official.
The robot can also travel on mounds of silt deposited in sewer lines. The robot is attached to a cord which is used by the handler to pull the robot back if it gets stuck in the sewer line.
The robot is controlled via a remote control.