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These spider-shaped ‘plumber’ robots will be in charge of fixing Japan’s sewers | VIDEO

A technology company in Japan has created the solution for one of the most cumbersome jobs in his country, and that few Japanese have wanted to do.

Because the Japanese nation has been growing, more manpower has been required. One of the solutions has been the creation of robots that take care of unwanted tasks.

In this case, it is about machines that will act as “plumbers” to carry out the maintenance of the pipes of the sewage system in the Asian country. The robots They are called SPD1, they are shaped like a spider and they work in synchronization with other robots.

Spider-shaped robot can move through narrow spaces. (Photo: Video Capture)

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As tmusk, a robotics solutions company, comments to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) “the useful life of sewer pipes is 50 years, and there are many sewer pipes that are reaching the end of that useful life. There is a severe shortage of manpower to inspect such pipelinesand the number of those that have not been inspected is increasing“, Add.

The company also notes that these machines would be “an efficient solution to chronic labor shortages and wastewater inspection work”.

Source: Elcomercio

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