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TUBERS Project’s First Workshop: Introducing Our Water Infrastructure Solution In October 2024, the EU-funded TUBERS project held an introductory online workshop on October 1st. The event brought together researchers, engineers, and industry professionals to discuss advancements in robotic inspection and repair technologies for water distribution pipelines. It provided an opportunity to present the project’s vision […]

TUBERS comes back to the Vision, Robotics & Motion Trade Fair Our TUBERS project took part in the Vision, Robotics and Motion Trade Fair through our partner Demcon for a second time. This year, the event happened on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th of June, 2024, in the Brabanthallen in s’-Hertogenbosch. In total, the event had 120 exhibitors,

M21 Meeting finds TUBERS in Bordeaux Coming closer to the two-year mark, the M21 meeting for our Horizon Europe TUBERS project was in order. It was hosted by our project partner, Alsymex and took place on May 23-24 in Bordeaux. At the time of the TUBERS assemblage, the city of Bordeaux hosted the Olympic flame in light

TUBERS project joins the UK Utility Week 2024 On May 21-22, 2024, TUBERS attended the Utility Week Congress in Birmingham, UK. The event is one of the largest ones in the water industry dedicated to UK utility companies, including water (sewage and drinking water), energy (gas and low-carbon alternatives), and other relevant sectors. In the

TUBERS research gets published for the first time Our TUBERS consortium is excited to announce its first project publication! The paper, “Enhancing Material Thickness Measurement: Ultrasonic Sensor Data Analysis and Thickness Prediction Using Neural Networks,” was published in the “Applications of Modelling and Simulation” journal in 024. Congratulations to the team from the AI Innovation

TUBERS attending the WWT Innovation Smart Water Conference 2024 Our TUBERS partner, Alsymex, represented by Joel vanden Bosch, attended the WWT Innovation and Smart Water Conference organised by Utility Week Group in Birmingham on March 14, 2024. The 8th annual event hosted water and tech industry delegates and sparked interesting discussions about technologies, resource management, and current challenges regarding water

TUBERS at the France-Morocco Economic Days Our project, through our partner Alsymex, was invited to participate in the Summit Day during the “Journées économiques France—Maroc/L’eau: enjeux et perspectives” event. It was organised by the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Morocco (CFCIM) in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in France. The whole venture focused on

Project TUBERS & RIMA Alliance: Main Challenges in Inspection & Maintenance Robotics Since its initiation, our TUBERS project has sought to develop a system of robotic technologies that will inspect, monitor, and repair micro-leaks in drinking water pipe distribution networks. Therefore, establishing a stronger connection with the RIMA (Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance) Alliance has

Project TUBERS attends Smart Water Utilities 2023 The Smart Water Utilities conference took place in Amsterdam between 28 – 29 June 2023, uniting experts, researchers, technology companies and providers regarding water leakage and smart water technologies. Therefore, the TUBERS project could not miss this event, so representatives from our partner Alsymex attended it. The goal was to discuss the

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