A Minnesota-area inventor has created a robotic ice cleaner – and Adam Proteau says it could replace the iconic Zamboni resurfacing machines that are currently a staple at all hockey arenas.

Inside Minnesota’s hallowed ice arenas — we have more of them than any other state — slapshots and axels may wow crowds. But the mundane work of the ice-resurfacing machine can be just as mesmerizing.

Clean water from a separate tank is sprayed out of holes in the back of the machine and smoothed over with a towel. How did the Zamboni become popular? A big breakthrough for Zamboni occurred in ...

But a machine to resurface these diy rinks is unheard of until now. The big name in rink resurfacing is Zamboni, the person who invented this method of keeping the ice pristine. This has almost ...