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Clean Water Pathfinder

ACWA Robotics is a French company based in Corsica that builds the Clean Water Pathfinder, an AI-powered autonomous crawler robot designed to inspect…

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Manufacturer
ACWA Robotics
Form factor
other
Lifecycle
active
Website
acwa-robotics.com ↗

Verified profile

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Overview

ACWA Robotics is a French company based in Corsica that builds the Clean Water Pathfinder, an AI-powered autonomous crawler robot designed to inspect pressurized drinking-water mains from the inside without interrupting service. The Pathfinder navigates pipes of 200 mm to 600 mm diameter using onboard HD cameras, ultrasound, and leak detection instruments to assess pipe condition including wall thickness, corrosion, and micro-cracks. The robot can traverse pipe curves up to 90 degrees and does not block more than 50% of pipe flow during operation.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
2 sources, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Clean Water Pathfinder.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. Solution | Acwa Robotics · https://www.acwa-robotics.com/solution/
  2. ACWA Robotics Clean Water Pathfinder Optimizes Infrastructure | Ubergizmo · https://www.ubergizmo.com/2023/01/acwa-robotics-clean-water-pathfinder-optimizes-infrastructure/

Common questions

What is Clean Water Pathfinder?
ACWA Robotics is a French company based in Corsica that builds the Clean Water Pathfinder, an AI-powered autonomous crawler robot designed to inspect pressurized drinking-water mains from the inside without interrupting service. The Pathfinder navigates pipes of 200 mm to 600 mm diameter using onboard HD cameras, ultrasound, and leak detection instruments to assess pipe condition including wall thickness, corrosion, and micro-cracks. The robot can traverse pipe curves up to 90 degrees and does not block more than 50% of pipe flow during operation.
Who makes Clean Water Pathfinder?
Clean Water Pathfinder is made by ACWA Robotics, based in France, founded in 2017.
Where is Clean Water Pathfinder deployed?
No verified deployments of Clean Water Pathfinder are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Clean Water Pathfinder safe?
Clean Water Pathfinder has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: other

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Methodology surface for Clean Water Pathfinder.

Recent coverage

Clean Water Pathfinder in third-party press

New technologies can spot pesky leaks in water pipelines - The Economist

Sep 25, 2024

Inside Job: Robot Would Inspect Water Pipes from Within - Inside Unmanned Systems

Mar 20, 2023

Scientists Create a New Form of Ice that Resembles Liquid Water - Tech Times

Feb 3, 2023