Automonous Repair of Water Infrastructure Pipes

Application closing date 18 June 2012, employment start date 1 October 2012
STREAM: Industrial Doctorate Centre for the Water Sector
Imperial College London

Automonous Repair of Water Infrastructure Pipes An ambitious, blue-sky project to explore the intersection of two technologies.  The objective: a mechatronic submarine device which can locate damage in a water main, patch it up, and escape without interrupting the supply.  In association with Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions and Severn Trent Water.

 

  • Balfour Beatty
  • Severn Trent Water

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