It appears robots could be a permanent feature of underground sewers , designed to detect outbreaks of tuberculosis , illegal drug use and even measurements of salt levels in the water to detect health patterns of an infected population . Plans are already in action under the streets of Cambridge , Massachusetts , where MIT students have designed a robot , known as Luigi , that can help detect public outbreak through analysing over 50,000 types of bacteria with special sensors and tube sensors from the sewer waters . sage has now partnered with Kuwait City to measure salt levels in feces to see if salt - intake levels improve and monitor areas where heroin use is spiking .
It appears robots could be a permanent feature of city sewers, helping to identify outbreaks of disease, illegal drug use and even measurements of salt levels in the water to detect health patterns of an areas population. Plans are already in action under the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, where MIT students have designed a robot, known as Luigi, that can help detect public outbreak through analysing over 50,000 types of bacteria with special sensors and tube tests from the sewer waters. MIT has now partnered with Kuwait City to measure salt levels in feces to see if salt-intake levels improve and detect areas where heroin use is spiking.