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Robots come to the rescue after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster via CBS News

[…] This is part of a massive clean up that’s expected to cost nearly $200 billion and take decades. Lesley Stahl: Has anything like this cleanup, in terms of the scope, ever happened before? Lake Barrett:  No, this is a … Continue reading

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Dying robots and failing hope: Fukushima clean-up falters six years after tsunami via The Guardian

Barely a fifth of the way into their mission, the engineers monitoring the Scorpion’s progress conceded defeat. With a remote-controlled snip of its cable, the latest robot sent into the bowels of one of Fukushima Daiichi’s damaged reactors was cut … Continue reading

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Robots Died in Fukushima While Repairing The Damage At Nuclear Power Plant via TechViral

Robots Died in Fukushima While Repairing The Damage At Nuclear Power Plant On March 2011, 10-metre high Tsunami struck the power station in one of the deadly earthquakes in Japan which reportedly killed about 19,000 people and left many people missing. … Continue reading

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After Fukushima, Vanderbilt researchers study radiation’s effects on robots via Vanderbilt School of Engineering

After the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster, investigators used robots to determine the extent of the damage and begin cleaning up. The question is how well robots can stand up to that sort of radiation and whether the humans … Continue reading

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Japan’s Decline as a Robotics Superpower: Lessons From Fukushima via Japan Focus

Sakai Yasuyuki Introduction Robots were a major force in the automation drive that made Japan the most competitive nation in manufacturing in the 1980s. That glory seems to have faded in recent decades, and Japanese robotics are no exception. The … Continue reading

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Myth of nuclear safety sets back robotic research and development via The Japan Times

On March 17, six days after the crisis erupted at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a list was presented to Washington through diplomatic channels seeking U.S. assistance.   Packman: A PackBot, U.S.-made remote-controlled machine, opens a door to … Continue reading

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