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flyinghighguy t1_j2iv88k wrote

For what it is worth natural gas pipelining has been doing a similar thing for decades. They call it pigging. It’s not autonomous and does require human intervention but the tech is really cool.

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Serdna379 t1_j2j55hy wrote

In waterpipes it’s alao been done for decades, but in much lesser scale compared to storm or sewage pipes. Most of leaks on waterpipes are microleaks and you won’t find them with robots. And there is also no point of repairing them, because even if cost of one microleak is 100 euros in a year ( and that is already not so microleak), finding and repairing it can cost (depends on location) 3000 + euros and up tens thousands.

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