Researches build robot to sniff out methane at landfills
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 11:21
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at Sweden's AASS Research Centre at Orebro University has built a robot prototype that moves itself around in its environment searching for methane leaks. In its initial testing phase, the robot, dubbed Gasbot, was able to sniff out artificially created methane sources in a former landfill and in an underground tunnel.