Underworlds project, MIT Senseable City Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Developer - MIT Senseable City Lab (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?8907)

underworlds.mit.edu (http://underworlds.mit.edu)

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Article "Meet Luigi the PoopBot. He’s Here to Scrape Your Sewers (https://www.wired.com/2016/08/luigi-poopbot-scrape-sewers)"

by Emma Gray Ellis
August 26, 2016

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Article "That's one job a robot is welcome to: Luigi the poopbot set to scour sewers and analyse human waste for viruses (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3760517/That-s-one-job-robot-welcome-Luigi-poopbot-set-scour-sewers-analyse-human-waste-viruses.html)"
Underworlds hope robot will help detect virus outbreaks earlier
Luigi spends 1-2 hours in sewer, vacuuming samples as they float by
Pump sucks up liquid and runs it through a filter, trapping bacteria
MIT plans to make robot autonomous and process samples on its own

by Stacy Liberatore
August 26, 2016

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https://youtu.be/Nz-r-nncvDY

Luigi the robot is scouring your city's sewers

Published on Sep 29, 2016


Scientists from MIT's Senseable City Lab use robots to collect health data from city sewers.