Unmanned vehicle speeds dam inspections.

AuthorWilliams, Robert H.
PositionTECH TALK

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES produced by JW Fishers of Taunton, Mass., are now being used in several Canadian provinces to inspect hydroelectric dams. When human divers are used, operations must be either shut down completely or significantly slowed.

A ROV employed in Caracas, Venezuela, company officials relate, inspected a 305 meter wide dam to a...

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