Students received a second iF Product Design Award 2009 in the category "Advanced Studies" for their study "TubeBot": a maintenance robot to be used in urban drinking water pipelines. It's a known fact that in London approx. 20 percent of the drinking water get lost because of leakage in pipelines. "TubeBot" performs without additional energy supply due to its intelligent design, which uses the pressure continuously available in the pipelines for power generation. The robot is constructed in a way that it can work when the pipeline system is being operated at full capacity. It will signal the place of leakage and tears exactly. Thereby repairs can be implemented without interrupting the water supply in a cost- and time-saving manner.
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