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After 20 Years Climbing Into Dangerous Oil Tanks, This Captain Built a Robot to Keep Sailors Safe

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Captain DC Sekhar, after nearly two decades entering and cleaning more than 150 petroleum tanks in the Merchant Navy, founded BetaTANK Robotics to replace this deadly manual work with remote-controlled robots that eliminate worker exposure to confined spaces, poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas, and oxygen-deficient environments.

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