Foster-Miller developing robot for sub propeller shaft inspection

RESTON, Va. - Under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Navy, Foster-Miller, Inc. of Waltham, Mass., is developing a small robot that would inspect the propeller shafts of 688-class submarines without requiring the shafts to be removed. The steel alloy propeller shafts of...

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