Infrastructure

UTS researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind autonomous robot able to clean and inspect underwater structures, allowing maintenance crew to work safely from above the waves.

In partnership with Sydney Water, UTS researchers have built an innovative remote-controlled robot to traverse the pipes beneath our feet and identify dangerous concrete corrosion.

NSW Roads and Maritime Services were looking for a safer solution to the dirty and dangerous work of maintaining steel bridges. UTS researchers delivered – in the form of an autonomous robot.

UTS and Ausgrid create an innovative screening tool to improve the asset management of timber utility poles using non-destructive testing techniques.

Think of a vertical garden and you might picture something like Central Park in Sydney – a multimillion-dollar project where a 150-metre high living wall containing 250 species of plants, flowers and vines marks the entrance to the CBD.

Greater understanding of termites will feed into applications such as hyper-sensitive vibration sensors.

Treating human waste consumes energy and produces greenhouse gas emissions, while being a major expense for councils and water utilities. However, scientist Qilin Wang is working on technology that could turn wastewater treatment plants into carbon-neutral energy generators.

It’s a mammoth and expensive task to maintain the infrastructure that delivers perhaps the most essential of our essential services: water. But predictive analytics is saving money, water and disruption by helping utilities pinpoint the pipes in their networks at greatest risk of failure.

Researchers at UTS Science have worked with numerous industry partners over multiple decades on innovative materials that improve energy efficiency and human comfort in our buildings.