Brussels, 03/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 3 September, the European Commission and a consortium of ten European companies headed by Shell launched the PETROBOT project, the aim of which is to create robots that can take the place of humans for inspecting pressure tanks and storage tanks used in the oil, gas and petrochemicals industry. This is lengthy, fastidious work that requires great care. The project will, for three years, involve experts from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and...