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Red Gopher is a subterranean tunneling and boring corporation that is in the seed funding round of venture capital financing. Red Gopher is currently building a robotic, fully automated tunnel boring machine prototype that claims the ability to bore tunnels at a rate of 1.03 km/ day, assuming a 1 meter diameter. The company’s official launch is set for April 22, 2018.

Technology
Red Gopher's boring robots will use high temperature plasma torches to bore tunnels. At 28,000 degrees C the plasma gasifies rock, whereas conventional tunnel boring machines use mechanical drilling methods. The technology has four provisional patents pending.