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A robot designed to crawl along tens of thousands of miles of transmission lines could help inspect North America's vast and aging grid infrastructure without the need for manned helicopters inspections. Researchers at the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent nonprofit research organization for the utility sector, have designed a 140-pound, six-foot-long prototype of a robot that they plan to test for the first time at an outdoor lab later this month.
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