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Matrix Sentinel Ancestor, The Pipe Inspector Robot From Krakow
This unique robot to be used for pipe inspections was created at the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow.
(Krakow pipe inspection robot)
[The] innovative robot for inspection work, created at the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow. The device, in contrast to other similar structures may automatically move in the various pipelines - both vertical and horizontal.Currently, industrial installations other robots used in horizontal pipelines, and the other in vertical, wherein in the case of vertical pipelines in the world there are very few such solutions. The prototype resulting in AGH combines these different functions, because the robot can move both horizontally and vertically - announced AGH...
The worthy Krakow engineers are probably unaware that they are helping to create the remote ancestors of the Matrix Sentinel robots, that haunt the ductwork of the Matrix infrastructure, looking for Keanu Reeves. Well, maybe.
(Duct-diving Sentinel robots from The Matrix)
Via Wyborcza.
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