The Digital SLEN had the pleasure of video interviewing Eng. Waruna Kaluarachchi – Vice Chair of the IESL New South Wales Chapter, who is on a short visit to Sri Lanka. In the video clip below he explains the services rendered by the chapter to engineers of Sri Lankan origin working in New South Wales, Australia. sharing of knowledge and experience gained by its members working in Australia with the parent body and promoting IESL in the international arena.

Australia is using two grit-blasting robots to clean the Sydney Harbour Bridge before it is repainted.

The robots, which were developed at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), operate by scanning the area, creating a 3D map, and working out how much force they should apply using high-pressure cleaners to strip paint from the bridge.