Repairing a pipe in the 21st century requires us to dig up the road, remove the old pipe, put in a new pipe and then rebuild the road - there has to be a better way. Robots. One day they could even repair the smallest pipes of all - inside the human body. Dr Robert Richardson is the Director of the Institute of Engineering Systems and Design, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds; a research institute of 15 academic staff and over 50 members. He currently holds a prestigious research contract to explore The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt using robotic technology and has discovered writing in the Great Pyramid that was hidden for thousands of years... watch to find out more! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx