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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Robots Sent to Help at Nuclear Plant

Blog - Robots Sent to Help at Nuclear Plant

Should they be a standard part of power plant safety?
NPR reports that iRobot is sending some of the robots it has developed for bomb disposal to the earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. The robots may be able to get inside the plant with cameras and radiation detectors to give workers a better idea of what's going on inside—high radiation levels and other dangers have forced people to keep a distance.

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