Photo Courtesy of The River Fund Maine
BETHEL What’s a robot doing in Bethel, Maine? This story starts when a step-father and step-son are talking one day after the step-father gets home from work. The step-father tells his step-son he’s having a problem at work.
He’s a snowmaker working at Sunday River. It’s December, the middle of the busiest snow season, and he and his team believe there is a compromise in the intake pipe from Sunday River heading up to the pump house.
The step-son, Dylan Thayer Greenberg, is a Senior at Gould Academy, and is a member of the underwater robotics team. He comes up with a solution to his step-father’s dilemma. He suggests sending their robot up the pipe with a camera to inspect it and see if there is a problem. This way, they don’t have to wait until spring or call a diver.