Pipe bending machines make short work of twisting and shaping metal tubes into everything from car exhausts to trombones. Yoshihito Isogawa’s pipe cleaner bending robot works essentially the same way, ...
TIANJIN -- A white piece of equipment was "climbing" along a round tube. With its body stretching and contracting like an inchworm, it moved forward smoothly and even passed a 90-degree angle. The ...