Lightweight robot reveals secrets of the Great Pyramid
A lightweight robot has navigated one of the narrow shafts of the Great Pyramid in Egypt in an attempt to solve one of the mysteries in Egyptian archaeology.
The Great Pyramid is thought to have been built around 4,500 years ago and is the biggest and oldest of the three pyramids that lie on the outskirts of Cairo.
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A number of archaeological teams have explored the pyramid, reaching a section dubbed the Queen’s Chamber. Those investigations revealed a narrow shaft behind a false wall that climbed at a 40-degree angle into the pyramid. They also resulted in damage to the shaft.
In 2010, Rob Richardson, Professor of Robotics at Leeds, was the technical lead of the Djedi expedition to explore the pyramid’s interior. Along with colleagues, he accepted a challenge from Hong Kong dentist and inventor Dr Tze Chuen Ng to design and build a robot that could survey the shaft without damaging the pyramid.
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