Aviation Week Airports Today
03/01/1999

Solex Robotics Systems, Idaho Falls, Idaho, created Maverick, a rugged tank floor robot that allows in-service inspection of aboveground aviation fuel tanks for mandated corrosion and structural integrity checks. In October, Maverick was tested in Johnson Space Center's 6.5 million gallon neutral buoyancy tank to improve tether management using NASA's space-related umbilical cord expertise - the result of a Space Act Agreement facilitated by TechLink.

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