Dive Summary:
- The Gasbot is a robot that uses sensors and GPS to navigate landfills in order to measure methane levels, creating a map in the process to be interpreted by a technician.
- The robot is more accurate compared to the sensors generally used to determine methane leaks, positioned on sites where leaks are suspected.
- This technologically advanced device was capable of detecting synthetic methane in a landfill and an underground tunnel, although it will have to be perfected before being released.
From the article:
...researchers at Sweden's AASS Research Centre at Orebro University have built a robot that can sniff out those [methane] leaks.
Gasbot includes a Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer sensor and a GPS device allowing it to move around an environment like a landfill and point its laser around as goes.
They [researchers] plan to make it more rugged to deal with bigger obstacles and upgrade it to operate autonomously for longer periods of time.
