Meet Q-Bot: the robot tackling Britain's hidden energy crisis

Madeleine Cuff
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Breakthrough of the Year award winner Q-Bot is the sturdy little robot that aims to deliver affordable underfloor insulation to Britain's leakiest homes

When Tom Lipinski first visited a Housing Association tenant living on the ground floor of an Edwardian building, in the winter of 2013, he was taken aback by what he found. "The lady that opened the...

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