Photos: Grit-sucking robot does shipyard dirty work

Ira Maybaum, general manager of BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair facility, showing a metal surface that's been stripped of paint and particles by the M-3500 robot from Ecosphere Technologies. The robot removes paint by blasting water at a close range at 42,000 pounds per square inch.

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