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May 8: The Globe and Mail profiles CME grad who developed robot to assist building inspectors

Posted on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

CME grad Thomas Sobotka along with his father Jozef and brother Filip, decided to develop a robot to automate building inspections after witnessing another inspector duct tape a digital camera to a broom so he could see around a corner. The Sobotkas started FTD Highrise Inspection Inc. and hired engineers to build hired engineers to build a robot that can reach places people cannot and now enables inspection of an entire building. Read the full Globe and Mail article

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